PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831158799

Erik SimchukMD

PRACTICEDERON LUDWIG, M.D., INCSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryChico, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

302

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

335

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$67K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,763 General Surgery providers in CA — above median (cohort median 269).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

154

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole60 claims

Sucralfate43 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium28 claims

Esomeprazole Magnesium23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.5

Quality

60.5

Cost

68.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.27%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$10K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$8K

Travel and Lodging$987

Food and Beverage$693

Gift$9

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Erik Simchuk'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Deron Ludwig General Surgery · Missoula, MT	99	344
ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER	76	336
Skyway Surgery Center. Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Chico, CA	37	64
BOICE, JAMES	13	29
Priscilla Chang Pathology · Chico, CA	12	21
Robert Ertner Anesthesiology · Chico, CA	11	23

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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