PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1225039993

Paula NewsomeOD, MS, FAAO

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OptometryCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

687

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,384

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$57K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 983 Optometry providers in NC — above median (cohort median 605).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,228

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$935K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

83.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Bimatoprost381 claims

Lotilaner257 claims

Travoprost164 claims

Latanoprostene Bunod161 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol48 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Entertainment$54

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paula Newsome'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 · 3 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	35	95

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	32	81
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	16	40
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	14	33

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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ProviderScore

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