PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1750313508

Michael ChoMD

PRACTICEHEAD AND NECK ASSOCIATES OF ORANGE COUNTY AN INCORPRATESee all providers at this practice →

OtolaryngologyMission Viejo, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,510

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,315

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$349K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 875 Otolaryngology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 923).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

808

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$18K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Ipratropium Bromide156 claims

Doxycycline Monohydrate130 claims

Ofloxacin75 claims

Methylprednisolone74 claims

Azelastine Hcl64 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$286

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$286

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Cho'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
John Coleman Audiologist · Mission Viejo, CA	123	172
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	95	242
SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	42	115
Jackson Penry Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Viejo, CA	32	60
Michael Truong Endocrinology · Mission Viejo, CA	25	60
Jeffrey Dym Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Niguel, CA	24	66
Navid Jahed Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Viejo, CA	20	32
Steven Sorenson Diagnostic Radiology · Redlands, CA	18	36
HARRIS HISTOLOGY SERVICES	14	20
YU, YUE	12	14
Tze Ip Cardiology · Mission Viejo, CA	11	15

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history