What is Franco Felizarta's specialty?

Franco Felizarta (NPI 1629004957) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Bakersfield, CA.

Where does Franco Felizarta practice?

Franco Felizarta practices in Bakersfield, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629004957.

How much does Medicare pay Franco Felizarta?

Franco Felizarta (NPI 1629004957) received approximately $35K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 220 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629004957

Franco FelizartaMD

Infectious DiseaseBakersfield, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

380

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

588

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$34K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,538

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

65.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala351 claims

Dolutegravir/Rilpivirine170 claims

Fluconazole161 claims

Darunavir/Cobicistat156 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate124 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$75K

Payment records

170

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$65K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$65K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Franco Felizarta'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	152	600
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	126	2,034
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	111	993
BORNSTEIN, ISAAC	56	226
DIGNITY HEALTH	51	142
Shankar Raman Internal Medicine · Bakersfield, CA	36	106
NPI 1336168665	35	101
TYMINSKI, LEONARD	34	216
ARCHIBEQUE, FRANK	34	109
Tien Nguyen Vascular Surgery · Bakersfield, CA	28	196
David Yuan Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA	27	100
James Cusator Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA	26	46

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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