What is Paul Meltzer's specialty?

Paul Meltzer (NPI 1982609145) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Santa Ana, CA.

Where does Paul Meltzer practice?

Paul Meltzer practices in Santa Ana, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982609145.

How much does Medicare pay Paul Meltzer?

Paul Meltzer (NPI 1982609145) received approximately $338K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 409 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982609145

Paul MeltzerM.D.

PRACTICEORANGE COUNTY CARDIOLOGYSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologySanta Ana, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,579

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,672

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$331K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,729

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium574 claims

Metoprolol Succinate463 claims

Apixaban401 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium396 claims

Amlodipine Besylate362 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

74.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$576

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$576

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$576

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Meltzer'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	258	739
Stephen Cohen Cardiology · Santa Ana, CA	109	167
Bahram Eslami Cardiology · Santa Ana, CA	104	169
Mahmoud Eslami Farsani Cardiology · Santa Ana, CA	90	175
NPI 1396742672	54	85
International Medical Laboratory Clinical Laboratory · Irvine, CA	26	83
Peter Piampiano Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	26	57
Tiberio Lindgren Internal Medicine · Orange, CA	19	112
HERREN ENTERPRISES INC	19	31
Ronald Daoud Internal Medicine · Orange, CA	18	62
Hieu Truong Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	17	36
Dan Vu Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	16	25

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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