PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639273253

Richard BlankenbakerMD

Interventional CardiologyFarmington, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

506

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

641

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$35K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 19 Interventional Cardiology providers in NM — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,946).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

318

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$63K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium58 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium50 claims

Metoprolol Succinate40 claims

Apixaban34 claims

Amlodipine Besylate32 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.0

Quality

79.7

Cost

78.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.67%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Blankenbaker'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
Dipti Itchhaporia Cardiology · Newport Beach, CA	64	147
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	34	77
William Vandalsem Diagnostic Radiology · Newport Beach, CA	17	46
Richard Harano Internal Medicine · Newport Beach, CA	15	63
Karence Chan Diagnostic Radiology · Newport Beach, CA	12	36
Winston Whitney Diagnostic Radiology · Newport Beach, CA	11	24

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history