What is Raffi Kartalian's specialty?

Raffi Kartalian (NPI 1831107044) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in Bakersfield, CA.

Where does Raffi Kartalian practice?

Raffi Kartalian practices in Bakersfield, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1831107044.

How much does Medicare pay Raffi Kartalian?

Raffi Kartalian (NPI 1831107044) received approximately $201K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 506 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831107044

Raffi KartalianMD

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Emergency MedicineBakersfield, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,083

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,230

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$197K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 5,287 Emergency Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 355).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

350

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$20K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Gentamicin Sulfate89 claims

Mupirocin70 claims

Silver Sulfadiazine44 claims

Cephalexin40 claims

Collagenase Clostridium Hist.22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

82.7

Cost

67.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$279

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$279

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$279

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Raffi Kartalian'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). 33 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	127	280
Parikshat Sharma Internal Medicine · Bakersfield, CA	84	152
Sarabjeet Singh Cardiology · Bakersfield, CA	55	122
Rasham Deep Sandhu Cardiology · Bakersfield, CA	50	121
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	47	138
Syed Alam Pulmonary Disease · Bakersfield, CA	47	110
DIGNITY HEALTH	46	73
Arthur Fontaine Diagnostic Radiology · Madera, CA	42	50
ISHIMORI, TETSUO	36	62
Sanjiv Sharma Cardiology · Bakersfield, CA	36	92
Olufemi Owolabi Internal Medicine · Bakersfield, CA	31	70
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	30	60

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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