What is Brian First's specialty?

Brian First (NPI 1770531816) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in San Diego, CA.

Where does Brian First practice?

Brian First practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770531816.

How much does Medicare pay Brian First?

Brian First (NPI 1770531816) received approximately $239K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 618 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770531816

Brian FirstM.D.

Internal MedicineSan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,342

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

7,841

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$236K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,328

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

138

Brand share

26.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium499 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium427 claims

Metformin Hcl312 claims

Amlodipine Besylate237 claims

Losartan Potassium202 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

19.2

Quality

0.0

Cost

64.1

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.69%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

127

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$53

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$53

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian First'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). 49 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	789	8,858
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	195	825
Robert Yacullo Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	89	223
NPI 1013066794	56	297
Christopher Sebrechts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	55	168
Bruce Bower Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	47	128
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	47	374
SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC	42	221
GHC OF KEARNY MESA, LLC	40	297
LOW, RUSSELL	37	133
Scott Boles Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	36	141
Neeraj Panchal Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	36	159

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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