What is Nielsen Fernandez-Becker's specialty?

Nielsen Fernandez-Becker (NPI 1972678639) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Palo Alto, CA.

Where does Nielsen Fernandez-Becker practice?

Nielsen Fernandez-Becker practices in Palo Alto, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972678639.

How much does Medicare pay Nielsen Fernandez-Becker?

Nielsen Fernandez-Becker (NPI 1972678639) received approximately $61K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 331 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972678639

Nielsen Fernandez-BeckerM.D., PH.D.

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Internal MedicinePalo Alto, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

508

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

535

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$54K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

323

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$174K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

48.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole92 claims

Famotidine45 claims

Linaclotide38 claims

Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg32 claims

Prucalopride Succinate24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.5

Quality

87.1

Cost

69.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.57%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$134

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$134

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$134

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nielsen Fernandez-Becker'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Maria Josephina Gomez Nurse Practitioner · Palo Alto, CA	38	65
FEDERLE, MICHAEL	12	23
Jon Keller Pathology · Palo Alto, CA	11	48

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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