What is Melissa Lester's specialty?

Melissa Lester (NPI 1164864534) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Fort Defiance, AZ.

Where does Melissa Lester practice?

Melissa Lester practices in Fort Defiance, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1164864534.

How much does Medicare pay Melissa Lester?

Melissa Lester (NPI 1164864534) received approximately $8K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 137 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1164864534

Melissa LesterO.D.

OptometryFort Defiance, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

165

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

177

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$8K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 647 Optometry providers in AZ — below median (cohort median 351).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$761

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

74.3

Cost

78.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 320059

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Lester'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 · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL BOARD, INCORPORATION	181	1,049
WITHERSPOON, JOHN	14	43
Hailemariam Wolde Family Practice · Fort Defiance, AZ	14	68
Pierre Desrosiers Podiatry · Fort Defiance, AZ	12	27
DHHS,PHS,NAIHS, GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER	11	30

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL BOARD, INCORPORATION	318	1,839
Christian Gomez-Castro Diagnostic Radiology · Shiprock, NM	38	83
Pierre Desrosiers Podiatry · Fort Defiance, AZ	22	70
WITHERSPOON, JOHN	19	66
Hailemariam Wolde Family Practice · Fort Defiance, AZ	19	76
Juan Pallares Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Defiance, AZ	19	40
DHHS,PHS,NAIHS, GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER	17	49
Erika Anderson Optometry · Roswell, NM	13	96
Juddson Baldwin Physician Assistant · Fort Defiance, AZ	13	54
James Zelichowski Podiatry · Fort Defiance, AZ	12	35

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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