What is Gary Blum's specialty?

Gary Blum (NPI 1629020615) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Diagnostic Radiology in Santa Barbara, CA.

Where does Gary Blum practice?

Gary Blum practices in Santa Barbara, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629020615.

How much does Medicare pay Gary Blum?

Gary Blum (NPI 1629020615) received approximately $387K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 4,143 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629020615

Gary BlumMD

Diagnostic RadiologySanta Barbara, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,700

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

15,820

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$330K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,474 Diagnostic Radiology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,975).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.3

Quality

75.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.68%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gary Blum'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). 146 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · Santa Barbara, CA	588	1,606
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	273	513
DIGNITY HEALTH	269	469
GOLETA VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL	261	451
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	259	525
DIGNITY HEALTH	224	385
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL	169	261
American Medical Response Ambulance Service Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Moorpark, CA	123	190
John Wrench Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	112	162
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · Buellton, CA	107	180
Daniel Fox Radiation Oncology · Santa Barbara, CA	101	175
Nicholas Hanson Diagnostic Radiology · Salem, OR	89	154

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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