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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558372896

Edward NicholsM.D.

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Internal MedicineBakersfield, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
481
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$10K
Distinct drugs
22
Brand share
7.1%
Top prescribed drugs
Atorvastatin Calcium60 claims
Levothyroxine Sodium51 claims
Pantoprazole Sodium40 claims
Losartan Potassium37 claims
Ezetimibe35 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
2,697
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
4,214
Distinct HCPCS
35
Medicare payment
$173K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 531).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Edward Nichols'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). 153 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI7491,702
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA
5273,698
COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL LABORATORIES INC2091,028
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL203986
DIGNITY HEALTH168439
PETERSON, ROY155205
TYMINSKI, LEONARD154690
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA
149457
Sarabjeet Singh
Cardiology · Bakersfield, CA
1461,201
ROJAS, RODRIGO126202
Parikshat Sharma
Internal Medicine · Bakersfield, CA
115359
Lorraine Ash
Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA
114527
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.