PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1174834626

Michael AltermanD.O.

OphthalmologyBethlehem, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,060

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,881

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$346K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 810 Ophthalmology providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 1,854).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,095

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$286K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

41.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost290 claims

Bimatoprost137 claims

Prednisolone Acetate131 claims

Cyclosporine78 claims

Timolol Maleate58 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.9

Quality

100.0

Cost

76.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.75%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$13K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$7K

Consulting Fee$5K

Travel and Lodging$806

Food and Beverage$765

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Alterman'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). 8 inbound referrers · 21 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	112	196
CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC	35	70
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	27	45
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	25	48
Revathi Naadimuthu Ophthalmology · Freehold, NJ	22	39
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER INC	15	23
CHUNG, SUNG	13	22
Deborah Loo Anesthesiology · Holmdel, NJ	11	19

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	96	161
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	76	133
Center For Ambulatory And Minimally Invasive Surgery Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Eatontown, NJ	65	202
CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC	39	80
CHUNG, SUNG	33	80
Sharon Reagan Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Neptune, NJ	32	90
Kimberley Armbrecht Anesthesiology · Neptune, NJ	29	68
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	26	40
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Clinical Laboratory · Clifton, NJ	25	34
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER INC	24	37
Mark Heimmel Ophthalmology · East Windsor, NJ	23	31
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	22	45

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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