What is Kristen Thelen's specialty?

Kristen Thelen (NPI 1184057887) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Atlanta, GA.

Where does Kristen Thelen practice?

Kristen Thelen practices in Atlanta, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1184057887.

How much does Medicare pay Kristen Thelen?

Kristen Thelen (NPI 1184057887) received approximately $68K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 646 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1184057887

Kristen ThelenOD

OptometryAtlanta, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

874

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

908

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 768 Optometry providers in GA — above median (cohort median 341).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

678

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$138K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost235 claims

Timolol Maleate56 claims

Cyclosporine54 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate44 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha44 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.5

Quality

80.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.82%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kristen Thelen'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). 2 inbound referrers · 18 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	108	181
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	31	43

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	149	239
Steven Wisehart Ophthalmology · Gainesville, GA	48	113
Lanier Eye Associates, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Gainesville, GA	42	78
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	37	48
William Ackerman Ophthalmology · Gainesville, GA	33	84
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Tucker, GA	31	40
Brett Baudin Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	19	19
Scott Stephen Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	15	16
David Carroll Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	14	16
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Gainesville, GA	14	23
David Johnson Cardiology · Gainesville, GA	13	33
HOOPER, TREVOR	13	16

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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