PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1962409938

Thomas KnutsonM.D.

PRACTICEHIDDEN VALLEY SURGICAL MED. GROUP, INC.See all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryEscondido, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,251

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

17,147

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$339K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,921 Orthopedic Surgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,100).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,178

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$21K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Tramadol Hcl554 claims

Diclofenac Sodium453 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen370 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium301 claims

Celecoxib203 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

26.9

Quality

0.0

Cost

89.7

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-5.77%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Knutson'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PALOMAR HEALTH	236	947
PALOMAR HEALTH	73	113
Jeffrey Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Oceanside, CA	44	87
NPI 1245331230	39	74
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	32	132
Nancy Chen Dermatology · Escondido, CA	32	54
Kiran Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Oceanside, CA	31	58
Tan Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	24	42
Arush Patel Hand Surgery · Escondido, CA	24	64
BOISOT, SASKIA	23	76
William Kakimoto Diagnostic Radiology · La Jolla, CA	23	50
Dmitri Segal Diagnostic Radiology · Aurora, CO	23	38

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history