What is Rick Friedman's specialty?

Rick Friedman (NPI 1982708558) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Otolaryngology in La Jolla, CA.

Where does Rick Friedman practice?

Rick Friedman practices in La Jolla, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982708558.

How much does Medicare pay Rick Friedman?

Rick Friedman (NPI 1982708558) received approximately $36K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 88 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982708558

Rick FriedmanMD, PHD

OtolaryngologyLa Jolla, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

101

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$11K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 875 Otolaryngology providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 923).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

73.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$480

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$480

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$480

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rick Friedman'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). 2 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ki Young Portillo Audiologist · Los Angeles, CA	36	79
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	24	75

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