PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1952346348

Benjamin FrishbergM.D.

PRACTICENORTH COUNTY NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATES MEDICAL GROUPSee all providers at this practice →

NeurologyCarlsbad, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

743

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

34,320

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$239K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,670 Neurology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 581).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

390

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$363K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Rimegepant Sulfate43 claims

Gabapentin39 claims

Prednisone33 claims

Rizatriptan Benzoate31 claims

Pyridostigmine Bromide26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.6

Quality

69.7

Cost

69.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.40%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$95K

Payment records

266

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$75K

Travel and Lodging$12K

Food and Beverage$8K

Education$10

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Benjamin Frishberg'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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PALOMAR HEALTH	55	113
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	34	66
Irene Oh Neurology · Carlsbad, CA	31	39
Mark Sadoff Neurology · Carlsbad, CA	24	43
Tan Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	23	36
Michael Zupancic Neurology · Salinas, CA	22	36
William Kakimoto Diagnostic Radiology · La Jolla, CA	21	33
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	21	67
Jeffrey Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Oceanside, CA	20	31
Sean Pinnell Diagnostic Radiology · Vista, CA	20	36
Kiran Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Oceanside, CA	18	25
Anchi Wang Neurology · Carlsbad, CA	18	35

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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