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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1154522407

Christian HesterM.D.

OphthalmologyLittle Rock, ARI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
93.3
Quality
92.2
Cost
74.7
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
92.0
Payment adjustment
0.77%
Group
FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 040114
Hospital
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$2K
Payment records
21
By payment type
Travel and Lodging$933
Food and Beverage$815
Honoraria$26
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
960
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$41K
Distinct drugs
14
Brand share
20.5%
Top prescribed drugs
Prednisolone Acetate359 claims
Fluorometholone225 claims
Moxifloxacin Hcl57 claims
Valacyclovir Hcl54 claims
Erythromycin Base46 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
1,819
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
2,581
Distinct HCPCS
15
Medicare payment
$319K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
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Total Medicare services vs. 108 Ophthalmology providers in AR — below median (cohort median 3,420).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christian Hester'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). 7 inbound referrers · 18 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
BAPTIST HEALTH153382
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX
4275
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.41175
NPI 10139922622752
Lydia Lane
Ophthalmology · Little Rock, AR
2548
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES1837
BAPTIST HEALTH1421
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
BAPTIST HEALTH83183
Michael Kiersey
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Little Rock, AR
51144
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.46143
Brian Quinn
Pathology · Little Rock, AR
45118
Julianne Koch
Optometry · Nashville, TN
4258
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX
3373
Labone Llc
Clinical Laboratory · Lenexa, KS
2957
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES2244
ST VINCENT INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER2141
ROBERSON, MICHAEL1761
BAPTIST HEALTH1732
Memphis Pathology Laboratory
Clinical Laboratory · Memphis, TN
1633
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.