PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1023271582

Lauren BliedenM.D.

PRACTICEBEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITALSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,285

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,590

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$100K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,238 Ophthalmology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,864).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,271

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$338K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost564 claims

Timolol Maleate254 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat244 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate169 claims

Prednisolone Acetate138 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$62K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$42K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$11K

Food and Beverage$5K

Honoraria$3K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$42K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$11K

Food and Beverage$5K

Honoraria$3K

Travel and Lodging$1K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450193

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Lauren Blieden'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). 3 inbound referrers · 7 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	53	193
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	16	37
Ore-Ofeoluwatomi Adesina Ophthalmology · Houston, TX	12	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	62	230
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	21	36
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	14	45
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Texas Medical Center, Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	13	37
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	12	25
John Mcneely Anesthesiology · Victoria, TX	11	22
Grace Lindhorst Ophthalmology · Houston, TX	11	16

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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