PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1164797411

Brett BuddenM.D.

PRACTICEBRETT C BUDDEN MD LLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyMetairie, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,129

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,328

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$245K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 255 Ophthalmology providers in LA — above median (cohort median 1,801).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

291

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$15K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate134 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl48 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol25 claims

Latanoprost21 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.8

Quality

93.7

Cost

74.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$368

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$368

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 190176

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brett Budden'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). 4 inbound referrers · 7 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION	107	474
Jessica Borne Diagnostic Radiology · Houma, LA	25	36
Sarah Covey Ophthalmology · Fayetteville, AR	13	23
Lee Arcement Cardiology · Houma, LA	11	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION	134	634
Joshua Groetsch Ophthalmology · Metairie, LA	61	151
Alexander Kosmidis Ophthalmology · Fairview Park, OH	41	76
THALY, LATA	20	29
Thomas Ferguson Internal Medicine · Houma, LA	17	25
Shalin Shah Ophthalmology · Decatur, GA	16	35
Jessica Borne Diagnostic Radiology · Houma, LA	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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