What is Ana Cardenas's specialty?

Ana Cardenas (NPI 1841292026) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Bakersfield, CA.

Where does Ana Cardenas practice?

Ana Cardenas practices in Bakersfield, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1841292026.

How much does Medicare pay Ana Cardenas?

Ana Cardenas (NPI 1841292026) received approximately $179K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 633 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841292026

Ana CardenasM.D.

DermatologyBakersfield, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,916

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,605

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$158K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,546 Dermatology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,414

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$387K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Imiquimod205 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate165 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide130 claims

Betamethasone Dipropionate113 claims

Mupirocin112 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.3

Quality

70.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$768

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$768

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$768

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ana Cardenas'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
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	124	218
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	19	34
DIGNITY HEALTH	14	18
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	13	14
James Cusator Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA	12	21
Tommy Lee Interventional Cardiology · Bakersfield, CA	11	19

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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