What is Chitra Safaya's specialty?

Chitra Safaya (NPI 1568624336) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in San Diego, CA.

Where does Chitra Safaya practice?

Chitra Safaya practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568624336.

How much does Medicare pay Chitra Safaya?

Chitra Safaya (NPI 1568624336) received approximately $256K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 544 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568624336

Chitra SafayaMD

PRACTICEANTHONY J CUOMO MD INCSee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseSan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,307

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,216

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$255K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 583 Infectious Disease providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 564).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Ceftriaxone Sodium19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

40.6

Quality

31.7

Cost

59.9

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-4.12%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chitra Safaya'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Phong Vuong Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	70	198
David Kramer Cardiology · Anaheim, CA	69	195
SHARZER, MARK	69	249
Shawn Crum Infectious Disease · Huntington Beach, CA	60	207
Roy Dorman Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	52	161
PRIME HEALTHCARE LA PALMA, LLC	51	160
NPI 1336152008	40	284
Raveen Arora Cardiology · Anaheim, CA	37	190
Reza Shahbaz Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	35	75
NPI 1124105119	33	73
Jai Ho Emergency Medicine · Anaheim, CA	33	60
Naser Rahbar Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	27	98

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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