Dr. Nicholas Joseph Miniel, MD

Dr. Miniel practices at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, California, part of Sharp HealthCare.

Dr. Miniel's NPI, 1134311517, was assigned on August 9, 2007. Dr. Miniel graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2007. Dr. Miniel holds California license A108183.

Dr. Miniel's primary practice is Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, at 751 Medical Center Court, Chula Vista, CA 91911 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 502-5800.

Dr. Miniel's primary practice is Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, California, part of Sharp HealthCare. Dr. Miniel is also affiliated with Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Vituity. Dmand AI also links Dr. Miniel to 2 more hospitals and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Miniel practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Miniel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Miniel is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Miniel's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Washington.

CMS data shows 540 Medicare services from Dr. Miniel across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 342 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $46,848 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 342 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Miniel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 129 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 60% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.66, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Miniel's median patient age at 46, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Miniel wrote 358 Medicare Part D claims for 229 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 184 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,255 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 139 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Miniel for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Miniel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Miniel in 2012. Dr. Miniel's most frequent co-authors are Stephen F. Derose, MD and Arthur Lodge Kellermann, MD, MPH.

Dr. Miniel graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2007.

Dr. Miniel is in network with 6 carriers, including United Healthcare, Aspirus Health Plan and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.