PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1003851452

Hernan PalermoOD

OptometryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,382

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,011

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$98K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,428 Optometry providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 186).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,854

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$610K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost947 claims

Cyclosporine360 claims

Prednisolone Acetate317 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat268 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate240 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.1

Quality

100.0

Cost

73.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.72%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$899

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$820

Entertainment$78

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Hernan Palermo'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). 5 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sumeet Sharma Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TX	65	134
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	54	124
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	27	46
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	19	31
William Tadlock Optometry · Houston, TX	16	32

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	66	137
Sumeet Sharma Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TX	65	170
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	52	160
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	39	77
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	33	84
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	33	77
Rehan Ahmed Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TX	19	43
Lisa Philbrook Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	18	33
William Tadlock Optometry · Houston, TX	13	20
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	11	19
Hugo Toro Internal Medicine · Katy, TX	11	33

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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