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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669635538

Cynthia KaoM.D.

Internal MedicineEncinitas, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
183
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$11K
Distinct drugs
11
Brand share
37.2%
Top prescribed drugs
Cefuroxime Axetil27 claims
Amlodipine Besylate22 claims
Furosemide22 claims
Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims
Apixaban16 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
671
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
884
Distinct HCPCS
5
Medicare payment
$81K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 531).
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
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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.