What is Howard Bear's specialty?

Howard Bear (NPI 1780658450) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Diagnostic Radiology in San Diego, CA.

Where does Howard Bear practice?

Howard Bear practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1780658450.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Bear?

Howard Bear (NPI 1780658450) received approximately $237K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 3,089 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780658450

Howard BearMD

Diagnostic RadiologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,007

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

30,244

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$206K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,474 Diagnostic Radiology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,975).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

98.8

Quality

100.0

Cost

72.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Bear'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). 184 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	1,212	2,358
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	667	1,116
SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE CENTER	537	1,150
Scott Boles Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	327	655
Christopher Sebrechts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	268	453
Joel Sigeti Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	260	508
Neeraj Panchal Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	248	481
LOW, RUSSELL	234	594
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA	227	372
Shanoe Cutts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	220	530
SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC	196	365
Nathaniel Chuang Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	191	425

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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