What is Zachary Hickner's specialty?

Zachary Hickner (NPI 1215234745) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Portage, MI.

Where does Zachary Hickner practice?

Zachary Hickner practices in Portage, MI, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1215234745.

How much does Medicare pay Zachary Hickner?

Zachary Hickner (NPI 1215234745) received approximately $147K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 744 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1215234745

Zachary HicknerMD

PRACTICEHICKNER EYE CENTER, P.C.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyPortage, MII

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,193

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,396

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$145K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 608 Ophthalmology providers in MI — below median (cohort median 1,582).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,026

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$182K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost659 claims

Timolol Maleate288 claims

Prednisolone Acetate238 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate136 claims

Fluorometholone108 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

22.5

Quality

0.0

Cost

75.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.30%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 230017

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Zachary Hickner'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). 9 inbound referrers · 27 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP PROMED	124	215
BRONSON PRACTICE MANAGEMENT	53	110
BRONSON LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL	40	79
NPI 1114993839	23	72
BRONSON LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL	21	33
NPI 1417975020	13	13
KEYTE, STEVEN	13	22
Jeffrey Zheutlin Ophthalmology · Grand Rapids, MI	12	24
Rick Tiller Podiatry · Kalamazoo, MI	11	15

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL	259	1,025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	242	440
ASCENSION BORGESS HOSPITAL	179	513
ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP PROMED	127	218
BRONSON PRACTICE MANAGEMENT	45	89
BRONSON LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL	40	79
John Sikora Anesthesiology · Kalamazoo, MI	36	156
ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP PROMED	26	45
BRONSON LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL	26	62
RENSCH, ROBERT	25	100
NPI 1114993839	22	51
Thomas Daufenbach Anesthesiology · Kalamazoo, MI	19	71

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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