What is Brian Penton's specialty?

Brian Penton (NPI 1558316083) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Where does Brian Penton practice?

Brian Penton practices in San Luis Obispo, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558316083.

How much does Medicare pay Brian Penton?

Brian Penton (NPI 1558316083) received approximately $185K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 459 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558316083

Brian PentonM.D.

PRACTICECENTRAL COAST RENAL CARE INCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSan Luis Obispo, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

581

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,248

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$164K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,043

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$138K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol118 claims

Amlodipine Besylate99 claims

Doxazosin Mesylate87 claims

Losartan Potassium77 claims

Parenteral Amino Acid 20% No.173 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

19.1

Quality

0.0

Cost

63.6

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.71%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$21

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$21

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$21

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Penton's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 38 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	137	781
LBA	56	205
TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	51	556
TOTAL RENAL CARE INC	41	452
Jaywant Parmar Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbar, CA	38	217
Timothy Auran Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	35	210
Michael Dibiase Internal Medicine · San Luis Obispo, CA	34	124
TOTAL RENAL CARE INC	31	515
SHIN, DANIEL	29	114
Erik Olson Diagnostic Radiology · Templeton, CA	25	87
TOTAL RENAL CARE INC	22	308
Andrew Anthony Family Practice · Templeton, CA	21	141

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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