What is Benjamin Dirkx's specialty?

Benjamin Dirkx (NPI 1679875389) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Santa Barbara, CA.

Where does Benjamin Dirkx practice?

Benjamin Dirkx practices in Santa Barbara, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1679875389.

How much does Medicare pay Benjamin Dirkx?

Benjamin Dirkx (NPI 1679875389) received approximately $394K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 879 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679875389

Benjamin DirkxD.O.

PRACTICEROBERT WOOD MD APCSee all providers at this practice →

Osteopathic Manipulative MedicineSanta Barbara, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,061

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,446

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$370K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 90 Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 532).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

474

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$9K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin124 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen58 claims

Morphine Sulfate41 claims

Celecoxib30 claims

Pregabalin28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

74.8

Quality

44.8

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-0.03%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Benjamin Dirkx'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
Carrillo Surgery Center Inc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Santa Barbara, CA	39	136
Millennium Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	24	204
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · Santa Barbara, CA	19	73
Tanya Morovati Anesthesiology · Baltimore, MD	13	30
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	13	23
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL	11	29

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.

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