What is Gautam Bhakta's specialty?

Gautam Bhakta (NPI 1588676407) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Arroyo Grande, CA.

Where does Gautam Bhakta practice?

Gautam Bhakta practices in Arroyo Grande, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588676407.

How much does Medicare pay Gautam Bhakta?

Gautam Bhakta (NPI 1588676407) received approximately $15.5M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 605 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588676407

Gautam BhaktaMD

Internal MedicineArroyo Grande, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,730

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

21,016

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$14.3M

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

1,141

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$59K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium103 claims

Duloxetine Hcl55 claims

Amlodipine Besylate47 claims

Escitalopram Oxalate43 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium40 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%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gautam Bhakta'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · Santa Barbara, CA	25	135
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	21	75
NPI 1346443579	11	31

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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