PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598874869

Ryland MelfordMD

CardiologyLaguna Hills, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,304

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,241

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$161K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,109

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$449K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban203 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium201 claims

Amlodipine Besylate200 claims

Metoprolol Succinate184 claims

Rivaroxaban148 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

73.7

Quality

47.5

Cost

82.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-0.15%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$764

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$764

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ryland Melford'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). 68 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	521	1,367
HERREN ENTERPRISES INC	232	395
Elliott Fankuchen Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	178	406
Steven Sorenson Diagnostic Radiology · Redlands, CA	134	298
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	109	302
Daniel Lamont Cardiology · Laguna Hills, CA	95	453
Jeffrey Dym Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Niguel, CA	91	160
SUTHERLAND, JAMES	90	195
Michael Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	86	150
SZYMANOWSKI, JEREMY	78	161
Navid Jahed Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Viejo, CA	72	139
Richard Wasley Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	65	118

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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