PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740335090

Benjamin PotkinM.D.

CardiologySanta Cruz, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

8,975

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

14,026

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.5M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,445

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate1,108 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium989 claims

Apixaban961 claims

Valsartan514 claims

Amlodipine Besylate477 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

22.6

Quality

0.0

Cost

75.4

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.28%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

112

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$141

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Benjamin Potkin'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). 113 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DIGNITY HEALTH	429	2,065
Annette Rasi Diagnostic Radiology · Salinas, CA	235	803
SCHMETZ, MARK	198	643
Jennifer Lin Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Cruz, CA	182	540
Roy Martinez Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Cruz, CA	158	643
Francisco Ravago Internal Medicine · Freedom, CA	155	864
Evan Sirc Nuclear Medicine · Santa Cruz, CA	151	653
Nicholas Astromoff Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Cruz, CA	149	650
Jon Keller Pathology · Palo Alto, CA	135	868
Robert Weber Family Practice · Watsonville, CA	123	767
Nicole Surdock Podiatry · Watsonville, CA	121	632
Peter Markel Emergency Medicine · Watsonville, CA	96	345

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history