PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609181437

Ernesto HernandezD.P.M.

PRACTICESHARP HEALTHCARESee all providers at this practice →

PodiatrySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

186

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

251

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$18K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,510 Podiatry providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,479).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$709

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Terbinafine Hcl30 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen15 claims

Cephalexin14 claims

Tramadol Hcl14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.7

Quality

81.0

Cost

82.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernesto Hernandez'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
Sharp Healthcare Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	42	102
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	27	55
MORGAN, JAMES	25	102
HARLESS, WILLIAM	12	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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