What is Sidney Gicheru's specialty?

Sidney Gicheru (NPI 1093807703) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Irving, TX.

Where does Sidney Gicheru practice?

Sidney Gicheru practices in Irving, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1093807703.

How much does Medicare pay Sidney Gicheru?

Sidney Gicheru (NPI 1093807703) received approximately $46K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 202 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1093807703

Sidney GicheruMD

OphthalmologyIrving, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

396

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

443

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$28K

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

402

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$97K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

46.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost66 claims

Prednisolone Acetate63 claims

Timolol Maleate54 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl36 claims

Bimatoprost33 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$8K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$3K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$618

Top paying entities

Education$3K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$618

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sidney Gicheru'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 · 8 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	16	23
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	11	13

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Michael Valachovic Internal Medicine · Dallas, TX	24	132
IRVING-COPPELL SURGICAL HOSPITAL LLP	22	159
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Irving, TX	21	38
Mujahid Hines Ophthalmology · Roseville, CA	16	40
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	16	21
Gregory Kozielec Ophthalmology · Dallas, TX	15	28
Loan Ramsey Ophthalmology · Mesa, AZ	11	28
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT IRVING	11	14

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.

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