What is Sara Pinkel's specialty?

Sara Pinkel (NPI 1629138474) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in San Jose, CA.

Where does Sara Pinkel practice?

Sara Pinkel practices in San Jose, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629138474.

How much does Medicare pay Sara Pinkel?

Sara Pinkel (NPI 1629138474) received approximately $5K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 89 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629138474

Sara PinkelMD

Internal MedicineSan Jose, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,923

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

109

Brand share

27.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium481 claims

Amlodipine Besylate313 claims

Metformin Hcl257 claims

Fluticasone Propionate239 claims

Albuterol Sulfate213 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

61.0

Quality

59.4

Cost

71.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-1.68%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sara Pinkel'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA	163	827
Young Kang Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	17	25
FRAKER, KEITH	14	30
Jeffrey Tseng Nuclear Medicine · Stanford, CA	13	18
SAN JOSE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P.	11	31
Margaret Lee Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	11	13

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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