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Compare the published Medicare service mix of Phillip Tafoya, MD with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Internal Medicine (CMS).

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2024 published service data · 500 eligible profiles compared. This search reached its 500-profile comparison limit, using NPI order. Narrow the location for a more focused comparison. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Richard Kenneth Gordon, M.D.

Gastroenterology · Internal Medicine (CMS) · Northridge, CA

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow (G0181)
  • Residence visit for established patient with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 60 minutes (99350)
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
73%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Cheryl L Kellogg, M.D.

Internal Medicine (CMS) · Laguna Niguel, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow (G0181)
  • Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (G0439)
32%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Dennis Yoochun Kim, M.D.

Internal Medicine (CMS) · Murrieta, CA

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a (G0179)
  • Advance care planning, first 30 minutes (99497)
31%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Maria Corazon A Meris, M.D.

Family Practice (CMS) · Anaheim, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Advance care planning, first 30 minutes (99497)
  • Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (G0439)
30%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Igor Persidsky, M.D

Internal Medicine (CMS) · Long Beach, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a (G0179)
25%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Sholeh Rahimi, M.D.

Internal Medicine (CMS) · Folsom, CA

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Advance care planning, first 30 minutes (99497)
  • Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (G0439)
23%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Lawrence Grant Waldrop, M.D.

Internal Medicine (CMS) · Los Alamitos, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (G0439)
20%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Manuel Faigal Mendoza, M.D.

Family Practice · Pediatric Medicine (CMS) · Norwalk, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (G0439)
  • Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit (G0438)
18%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Arudi L Prabhakar, M.D.

Specialty details in registry · La Mesa, CA

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Residence visit for established patient with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 60 minutes (99350)
18%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Stephen Pacia Datu, MD

Specialty details in registry · Red Bluff, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (G0439)
17%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Evelyn Evens Li, M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) · Family Practice · Gastroenterology · Internal Medicine (CMS) · Fremont, CA

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow (G0181)
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Advance care planning, first 30 minutes (99497)
17%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Ferdinant Saran, MD

Family Practice · Geriatric Medicine (CMS) · Glendale, CA

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (G0180)
  • Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a (G0179)
16%Service-mix similarityView profile →
How this comparison works

We use the same calendar year of CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data for both providers. Published non-drug service counts are combined by HCPCS code across places of service. We apply log(1 + count), normalize the vectors, and compare them using cosine similarity.

Candidates share the reference provider’s current NPPES primary taxonomy and match the location you enter. We examine up to 500 candidates in NPI order, then show up to 12 with the highest positive similarity within that set. The score is not a percentile, medical recommendation, or prediction. Suppressed services are not estimated. Medicare fee-for-service data does not describe a provider’s entire practice.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service : 2024-12-01 · Published May 21, 2026.