PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1083667307

Christopher HeichelM.D.

OphthalmologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,453

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,672

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$214K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

397

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$30K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate142 claims

Difluprednate72 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl56 claims

Latanoprost39 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat31 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

73.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050025

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Heichel'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 · 13 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	163	561
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	13	23
Armelia Sani Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	12	18
FRANCIS, DAVID	11	17
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	11	26

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	217	1,022
Marc Lewis Anesthesiology · San Diego, CA	52	205
Scripps Health Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	37	118
SEABERG, ROBIN	34	129
Mark Schwartz Anesthesiology · San Diego, CA	27	101
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	24	38
William Freeman Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	19	38
Michael Nussbaum Anesthesiology · Poway, CA	16	57
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	15	31
Michael Goldbaum Ophthalmology · La Jolla, CA	12	43
Henry Ferreyra Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	11	31
Esmeralda Mcclean Optometry · San Diego, CA	11	19

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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