Dr. Eric Chadwick Schmidgal, MD

Dr. Schmidgal practices at East County Dermatology Medical Group Inc in El Cajon, California.

Dr. Schmidgal's NPI, 1366854960, was assigned on May 30, 2014. Dr. Schmidgal graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Schmidgal holds California license A138174.

Dr. Schmidgal's primary practice is East County Dermatology Medical Group Inc, at 514 S Magnolia Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 442-4468.

Dr. Schmidgal's primary practice is East County Dermatology Medical Group Inc in El Cajon, California. The medical group on file is Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schmidgal to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Schmidgal practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Schmidgal's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Schmidgal is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Schmidgal's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 206 Medicare services from Dr. Schmidgal across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 69 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,885 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 69 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schmidgal in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 34 patients. 65% of them have high blood pressure, and 65% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.12, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Schmidgal's median patient age at 70, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Schmidgal wrote 424 Medicare Part D claims for 252 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 312 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $9,681 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 190 claims across 7 drugs.

Dr. Schmidgal accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 168 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Schmidgal, more than 78% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Schmidgal, published from 2013 to 2023. Dr. Schmidgal has published most often in Cutis. Dr. Schmidgal's most frequent co-authors are Jeffery J. Ford, MD, Kathleen Kramer, MD and Diana Rae Lindsey, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Schmidgal from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $1,500.

Dr. Schmidgal graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2014.

Dr. Schmidgal is in network with 5 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.