PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720141153

Joseph CapernaM.D.

PRACTICEUCSDSee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseSan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

832

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,251

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$162K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 583 Infectious Disease providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 564).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,772

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.7M

Distinct drugs

124

Brand share

36.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium158 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium153 claims

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala148 claims

Omeprazole123 claims

Testosterone112 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Caperna'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). 47 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NIGHTINGALE HOME CARE, INC.	188	819
BH-SD OPCO LLC	185	1,149
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	168	1,022
HELIX HEALTHCARE INC	113	564
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	88	579
PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC	67	319
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA	59	239
Healthcare In Motion Portable X-Ray Supplier · San Diego, CA	55	157
Cesar Benitez Psychiatry · El Cajon, CA	52	481
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	51	213
VENI-EXPRESS, INC.	49	149
SDXRAY & LAB INC	47	141

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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