What is Cynthia Kao's specialty?

Cynthia Kao (NPI 1669635538) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Encinitas, CA.

Where does Cynthia Kao practice?

Cynthia Kao practices in Encinitas, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1669635538.

How much does Medicare pay Cynthia Kao?

Cynthia Kao (NPI 1669635538) received approximately $82K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 410 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669635538

Cynthia KaoM.D.

Internal MedicineEncinitas, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

671

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

884

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$81K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

183

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefuroxime Axetil27 claims

Amlodipine Besylate22 claims

Furosemide22 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims

Apixaban16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Cynthia Kao'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). 55 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Paul Rickards Diagnostic Radiology · La Jolla, CA	110	866
Ross Christensen Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	103	525
Kristina Kjeldsberg Diagnostic Radiology · La Jolla, CA	78	300
VARNEY, ROBERT	72	404
Stephen Hulse Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	71	359
Sottek Trippe Enterprise, Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Carlsbad, CA	66	209
City Of Carlsbad Ambulance Service Provider · Carlsbad, CA	52	173
County Service Area No 17 Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA	49	189
Ali Hamzei Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Encinitas, CA	48	226
Jennifer Garrow Nurse Practitioner · La Jolla, CA	45	166
John Backman Cardiology · Encinitas, CA	43	191
Dennis Amundson Pulmonary Disease · Encinitas, CA	43	303

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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