What is Paul Palumbo's specialty?

Paul Palumbo (NPI 1184903361) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Kingwood, TX.

Where does Paul Palumbo practice?

Paul Palumbo practices in Kingwood, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1184903361.

How much does Medicare pay Paul Palumbo?

Paul Palumbo (NPI 1184903361) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 350 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1184903361

Paul PalumboO.D.

OptometryKingwood, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

591

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

674

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$43K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,428 Optometry providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 186).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

598

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$120K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost239 claims

Bimatoprost118 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate72 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat28 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.8

Quality

81.5

Cost

76.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

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$2K

Food and Beverage$541

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$541

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Palumbo'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). 1 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	41	69

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	32	56
KPH-CONSOLIDATION, INC.	20	27
Brent Mcqueen Ophthalmology · Kingwood, TX	19	24
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	17	20
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	13	16
Christopher Fuller Ophthalmology · Lubbock, TX	13	13

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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