PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770580102

Robert MerzM.D.

CardiologySanta Monica, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

548

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

622

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$56K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

663

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$392K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium99 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium96 claims

Metoprolol Succinate65 claims

Amlodipine Besylate57 claims

Apixaban49 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.4

Quality

96.1

Cost

72.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.65%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$300

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$300

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert Merz'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). 46 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER	441	973
George Wu Cardiology · Santa Monica, CA	125	199
Paul Natterson Cardiology · Santa Monica, CA	107	183
Peter Pak Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Santa Monica, CA	99	177
Simon Gabriel Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	89	196
Srinivas Peddi Diagnostic Radiology · Valencia, CA	74	153
Joshua Hanelin Diagnostic Radiology · Valencia, CA	64	149
Nicole Weinberg Cardiology · Santa Monica, CA	53	96
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	50	94
Vicki Schiller Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Monica, CA	49	95
Gilbert Kuhn Allergy/ Immunology · Santa Monica, CA	39	71
City Of Los Angeles Ambulance Service Provider · Los Angeles, CA	39	74

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