What is Stephen Friedman's specialty?

Stephen Friedman (NPI 1578529806) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Encino, CA.

Where does Stephen Friedman practice?

Stephen Friedman practices in Encino, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1578529806.

How much does Medicare pay Stephen Friedman?

Stephen Friedman (NPI 1578529806) received approximately $125K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 267 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578529806

Stephen FriedmanM.D.

DermatologyEncino, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

799

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,945

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$111K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,546 Dermatology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$188

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Doxycycline Hyclate13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Friedman'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	100	301
Jeffrey Galpin Internal Medicine · Tarzana, CA	16	105
PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	13	29
PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER	11	17

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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