Treatment Tracker
The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
This database was last updated in December 2017. It should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ lookup tool.
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $469 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 13 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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How This Provider’s Patients Compare
Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 44 different services in 2015
(22 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)
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CATEGORYDescription of Service |
Times Performed (or Units) | This Service's Rank | Patients | Unique Visits Per Patient |
Billed to Medicare | Payments from Medicare |
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EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes × Service Code: 99213Performed in an office |
572 times performed, 15% of his services |
1st 6th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
265 patients got this service, 66% of his patients |
2.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.5) |
$70,378.88an average of $123.04 per time performed |
$31,740.28 an average of $55.49 per time performed |
MEDICINEModerate sedation services by physician also performing a... + Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 30 minutes × Service Code: 99144Performed in a facility |
120 times performed, 3% of his services |
2nd 34th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
94 patients got this service, 23% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$18,795.60an average of $156.63 per time performed |
$3,812.40 an average of $31.77 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 4... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes × Service Code: 99204Performed in an office |
118 times performed, 3% of his services |
3rd 19th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
118 patients got this service, 29% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$32,290.70an average of $273.65 per time performed |
$15,236.16 an average of $129.12 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in an office |
93 times performed, 3% of his services |
4th 5th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
71 patients got this service, 18% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.5) |
$16,559.58an average of $178.06 per time performed |
$7,771.08 an average of $83.56 per time performed |
MEDICINENeedle measurement and recording of electrical activity o... + Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg complete study × Service Code: 95886Performed in an office |
46 times performed, 1% of his services |
5th 18th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
44 patients got this service, 11% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$8,159.94an average of $177.39 per time performed |
$3,514.40 an average of $76.40 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower o... + Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64483Performed in a facility |
42 times performed, 1% of his services |
6th 24th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
37 patients got this service, 9% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$16,800.00an average of $400.00 per time performed |
$4,462.08 an average of $106.24 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 6... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes × Service Code: 99205Performed in an office |
37 times performed, 1% of his services |
7th 53rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
37 patients got this service, 9% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$14,132.89an average of $381.97 per time performed |
$6,001.40 an average of $162.20 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using ima... + Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64493Performed in a facility |
35 times performed, 0.94% of his services |
8th 62nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
31 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$15,039.85an average of $429.71 per time performed |
$3,528.00 an average of $100.80 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes × Service Code: 99212Performed in an office |
34 times performed, 0.92% of his services |
9th 35th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
28 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.8) |
$2,337.16an average of $68.74 per time performed |
$1,065.56 an average of $31.34 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using ima... + Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64494Performed in a facility |
30 times performed, 0.81% of his services |
10th 70th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
27 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$8,529.90an average of $284.33 per time performed |
$1,742.10 an average of $58.07 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower o... + Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64484Performed in a facility |
25 times performed, 0.67% of his services |
11th 33rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
22 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$5,000.00an average of $200.00 per time performed |
$1,115.25 an average of $44.61 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of substances into lower or sacral spine Service Code: 62311Performed in a facility |
25 times performed, 0.67% of his services |
12th 71st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
21 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$10,500.00an average of $420.00 per time performed |
$1,757.75 an average of $70.31 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMAspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule + Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule × Service Code: 20610Performed in an office |
25 times performed, 0.67% of his services |
13th 26th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
17 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.1) |
$3,750.00an average of $150.00 per time performed |
$1,174.50 an average of $46.98 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYRadiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of cove... + Radiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of covering of spinal cord × Service Code: 72275Performed in a facility |
23 times performed, 0.62% of his services |
14th 64th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
22 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$8,375.91an average of $364.17 per time performed |
$2,224.10 an average of $96.70 per time performed |
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Nerve transmission studies, 5-6 studies Service Code: 95909Performed in an office |
20 times performed, 0.54% of his services |
15th 89th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
20 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$6,000.00an average of $300.00 per time performed |
$2,477.40 an average of $123.87 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 76882Performed in an office |
19 times performed, 0.51% of his services |
16th 140th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
17 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$2,159.92an average of $113.68 per time performed |
$565.63 an average of $29.77 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Service Code: J1040Performed in an office |
19 times performed, 0.51% of his services |
17th 121st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
15 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$456.00an average of $24.00 per time performed |
$91.20 an average of $4.80 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes × Service Code: 99203Performed in an office |
18 times performed, 0.49% of his services |
18th 38th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
18 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$3,623.94an average of $201.33 per time performed |
$1,599.66 an average of $88.87 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Service Code: J1030Performed in an office |
16 times performed, 0.43% of his services |
19th 42nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
12 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.1) |
$384.00an average of $24.00 per time performed |
$44.64 an average of $2.79 per time performed |
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Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsu... + Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance × Service Code: 20611Performed in an office |
13 times performed, 0.35% of his services |
20th 36th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.5) |
$2,535.00an average of $195.00 per time performed |
$987.22 an average of $75.94 per time performed |
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Nerve transmission studies, 9-10 studies Service Code: 95911Performed in an office |
11 times performed, 0.3% of his services |
21st 60th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,760.03an average of $432.73 per time performed |
$2,042.70 an average of $185.70 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes × Service Code: 99215Performed in an office |
11 times performed, 0.3% of his services |
22nd 22nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.1) |
$2,638.02an average of $239.82 per time performed |
$1,015.08 an average of $92.28 per time performed |
Office Visits
Medicare reimburses office visits using a five-point scale, with five being the most intensive and costly. The chart below shows what percentage of this provider’s office visits were reimbursed at each level. A higher than average proportion of costly visits is not necessarily an indication of a problem, but it may be worth asking about.
This provider charged Medicare for a lower percentage of 5’s than his peers
Dennis Michael Hembd
Average for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Providers in California
Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.
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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association
Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.