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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710926282

Michael VargasMD

CardiologyTemecula, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$3K
Payment records
121
By payment type
Food and Beverage$2K
Education$11
Top paying entities
Food and Beverage$2K
Education$11
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
4,889
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$1.1M
Distinct drugs
64
Brand share
30.8%
Top prescribed drugs
Metoprolol Succinate631 claims
Atorvastatin Calcium321 claims
Apixaban283 claims
Carvedilol266 claims
Furosemide188 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
1,611
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
2,465
Distinct HCPCS
14
Medicare payment
$214K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,371).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Vargas'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). 16 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

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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.