PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1760424600

Robin KnaussMD

PRACTICEGARY C PONTO MD INCSee all providers at this practice →

Emergency MedicineSanta Barbara, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

590

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

615

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$56K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 5,287 Emergency Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 355).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$562

Distinct drugs

Brand share

81.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen22 claims

Ondansetron16 claims

Cephalexin15 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav13 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.5

Quality

98.4

Cost

75.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.82%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$20

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$20

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robin Knauss'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · Santa Barbara, CA	123	637
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · Buellton, CA	122	307
GOLETA VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL	73	181
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL	60	135
John Wrench Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	41	91
Daniel Fox Radiation Oncology · Santa Barbara, CA	35	80
Wayne Jonas Emergency Medicine · Lompoc, CA	27	53
ALTON, WILLIAM	27	66
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	26	79
James Beckmen Family Practice · Solvang, CA	23	95
Roger Lane Internal Medicine · Solvang, CA	19	77
Jennifer Kosek Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	18	32

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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