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

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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