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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1164864534

Melissa LesterO.D.

OptometryFort Defiance, AZI
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FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 320059
Hospital
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
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
24
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$761
Distinct drugs
1
Brand share
0.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Latanoprost24 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
165
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
177
Distinct HCPCS
4
Medicare payment
$8K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 647 Optometry providers in AZ — below median (cohort median 351).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
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
PhysicianPatientsVisits
THE FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL BOARD, INCORPORATION1811,049
WITHERSPOON, JOHN1443
Hailemariam Wolde
Family Practice · Fort Defiance, AZ
1468
Pierre Desrosiers
Podiatry · Fort Defiance, AZ
1227
DHHS,PHS,NAIHS, GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER1130
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
THE FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL BOARD, INCORPORATION3181,839
Christian Gomez-Castro
Diagnostic Radiology · Shiprock, NM
3883
Pierre Desrosiers
Podiatry · Fort Defiance, AZ
2270
WITHERSPOON, JOHN1966
Hailemariam Wolde
Family Practice · Fort Defiance, AZ
1976
Juan Pallares
Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Defiance, AZ
1940
DHHS,PHS,NAIHS, GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER1749
Erika Anderson
Optometry · Roswell, NM
1396
Juddson Baldwin
Physician Assistant · Fort Defiance, AZ
1354
James Zelichowski
Podiatry · Fort Defiance, AZ
1235
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.