PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1043256811

Kevin MerkleyM.D.

OphthalmologyGalveston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

140

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

148

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

129

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate62 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl28 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine26 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.9

Quality

73.4

Cost

78.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.16%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$145

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$145

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450018

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kevin Merkley'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). 2 inbound referrers · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	21	58
Michael Silva Vascular Surgery · Galveston, TX	12	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON	356	3,168
Siva Bodagala Diagnostic Radiology · Edina, MN	20	39
Brian Smith Sports Medicine · Galveston, TX	17	86
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	15	43
Ahmed Elkeeb Ophthalmology · Columbia, MO	14	97
Megan Berman Internal Medicine · Galveston, TX	14	53
Joaquin Cortiella Anesthesiology · Galveston, TX	12	30
Shanetra Hodge-Hill Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Manvel, TX	11	26
Gregory Wolfe Diagnostic Radiology · Eden Prairie, MN	11	20
Michael Nguyen Internal Medicine · Galveston, TX	11	70

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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