What is Andrew Kwa's specialty?

Andrew Kwa (NPI 1821013889) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in San Jose, CA.

Where does Andrew Kwa practice?

Andrew Kwa practices in San Jose, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821013889.

How much does Medicare pay Andrew Kwa?

Andrew Kwa (NPI 1821013889) received approximately $650K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,062 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821013889

Andrew KwaM.D.

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Internal MedicineSan Jose, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,689

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,233

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$587K

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

5,549

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate766 claims

Apixaban532 claims

Amlodipine Besylate493 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium479 claims

Losartan Potassium443 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.7

Quality

99.2

Cost

73.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.70%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$8K

Payment records

160

By payment type

Food and Beverage$6K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$805

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$6K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$805

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Andrew Kwa'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). 48 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, L.P.	255	934
EL CAMINO HOSPITAL	80	119
Matthew Tran Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	77	204
Judong Pan Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	72	226
NPI 1447682380	55	205
John Kao Cardiology · San Jose, CA	36	88
Durga Madala Cardiology · San Jose, CA	35	131
Cynthia Sigler Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	33	77
GREEN, STEPHEN	32	131
Daniel Kanada Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Clara, CA	27	36
Minhtruong Lai Critical Care (Intensivists) · San Jose, CA	23	172
Rekha Dharmaji Internal Medicine · San Jose, CA	23	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.

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