PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639266026

Bijal PatelM.D.

NephrologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

108

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

180

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$14K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 985 Nephrology providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,482).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

340

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$58K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide45 claims

Bumetanide35 claims

Carvedilol34 claims

Empagliflozin31 claims

Losartan Potassium29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$539

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$534

Education$5

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$534

Education$5

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bijal Patel'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	186	700
SPECTRA LABORATORIES INC	60	322
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE BALBOA, LLC	54	729
Neeraj Panchal Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	50	130
LOW, RUSSELL	46	174
David Namazy Nephrology · San Diego, CA	34	84
Scott Boles Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	32	98
PUCKETT, MICHAEL	31	67
Arman Faravardeh Nephrology · San Diego, CA	31	147
Christopher Sebrechts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	29	83
Bruce Bower Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	27	63
Shanoe Cutts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	27	97

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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