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

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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