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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1235463944

Ben PalmerO.D.

PRACTICENIPOMO OPTOMETRY INCSee all providers at this practice →
OptometryNipomo, CAI
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Where Ben Palmer'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 · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Robert Firestone
Family Practice · Santa Maria, CA
1734
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA
1635
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
DIGNITY HEALTH3861
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA
2244
Robert Firestone
Family Practice · Santa Maria, CA
1427
Premier Surgery Center Of Santa Maria Llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · Santa Maria, CA
1356
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.
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
1,185
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
1,389
Distinct HCPCS
14
Medicare payment
$86K
Peer benchmark
Q1
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Q3
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Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 2,493 Optometry providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 147).
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
293
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$43K
Distinct drugs
9
Brand share
27.3%
Top prescribed drugs
Latanoprost141 claims
Bimatoprost37 claims
Fluorometholone20 claims
Latanoprostene Bunod19 claims
Timolol Maleate18 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
88.5
Quality
77.0
Cost
0.0
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
0.57%
Individual
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.