PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780603514

Bala BhatMD

Internal MedicineArroyo Grande, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

792

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,087

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$9K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

19,849

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

181

Brand share

19.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,035 claims

Gabapentin832 claims

Losartan Potassium814 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium777 claims

Lisinopril678 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$23

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$23

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bala Bhat'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	184	656
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE CENTRAL COAST INC	64	172
TODD, JEFFREY	38	155
Erik Olson Diagnostic Radiology · Templeton, CA	31	94
Richard Griffith General Practice · Cambria, CA	27	102
Kenyon Tsao Emergency Medicine · San Luis Obispo, CA	23	101
George Cury Family Practice · Arroyo Grande, CA	22	43
NGUYEN, DUC	22	126
Samer Othman Internal Medicine · San Luis Obispo, CA	21	96
Timothy Auran Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	20	70
NPI 1215993654	19	123
CORBETT, HARRY	19	77

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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