What is Naveen Gara's specialty?

Naveen Gara (NPI 1942406533) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in San Diego, CA.

Where does Naveen Gara practice?

Naveen Gara practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1942406533.

How much does Medicare pay Naveen Gara?

Naveen Gara (NPI 1942406533) received approximately $115K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 317 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942406533

Naveen GaraM.D.

PRACTICEUCSDSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

809

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

876

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$104K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,398 Gastroenterology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 750).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,910

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$788K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium1,004 claims

Sod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac178 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl103 claims

Esomeprazole Magnesium80 claims

Ursodiol73 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

18.3

Quality

0.0

Cost

60.8

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$39K

Payment records

111

By payment type

Consulting Fee$26K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$11K

Food and Beverage$3K

Travel and Lodging$407

Education$45

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$26K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$11K

Food and Beverage$3K

Travel and Lodging$407

Education$45

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Naveen Gara'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA REGION	240	896
Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Rochester, MN	29	85
Matthew Pollema Diagnostic Radiology · Mankato, MN	27	69
Victoria Louwagie Physician Assistant · Mankato, MN	20	50
Warren Stanchfield Diagnostic Radiology · Mankato, MN	19	51
Peter Reichert Diagnostic Radiology · Mankato, MN	17	44
Shilun Li Gastroenterology · Mankato, MN	14	40
FOSS, JOSEPH	14	30
Saroj Shrestha Internal Medicine · Springfield, OR	13	49
Peter Brady Cardiology · Chicago, IL	12	43
Rory Rodrigues Internal Medicine · Gainesville, FL	12	43
Panagiotis Panagiotakis Gastroenterology · Maywood, IL	11	20

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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