What is Howard Fine's specialty?

Howard Fine (NPI 1295810059) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in New Brunswick, NJ.

Where does Howard Fine practice?

Howard Fine practices in New Brunswick, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1295810059.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Fine?

Howard Fine (NPI 1295810059) received approximately $4.4M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,421 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1295810059

Howard FineMD MHSC

OphthalmologyNew Brunswick, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,251

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

35,928

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.3M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 531 Ophthalmology providers in NJ — top quintile (cohort median 2,470).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

352

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$13K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate106 claims

Latanoprost57 claims

Timolol Maleate41 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate34 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine31 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.5

Quality

95.9

Cost

75.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.69%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$121K

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$109K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Food and Beverage$2K

Consulting Fee$1K

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$109K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Food and Beverage$2K

Consulting Fee$1K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 310038

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Fine'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). 20 inbound referrers · 41 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	217	443
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER INC	64	121
Sumit Shah Ophthalmology · New Brunswick, NJ	61	115
MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER INC	52	144
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	46	82
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	46	112
CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC	32	76
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INC	28	44
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	17	28
MONMOUTH OCEAN HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATION	15	17
Harold Wheatley Ophthalmology · New Brunswick, NJ	14	18
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	14	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	225	485
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Clinical Laboratory · Clifton, NJ	116	233
Sumit Shah Ophthalmology · New Brunswick, NJ	62	104
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER INC	59	105
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	58	129
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GROUP INC	58	120
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	53	105
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	47	87
Daniel Roth Ophthalmology · New Brunswick, NJ	42	75
ACCURATE DIAGNOSTICS LABS, INC.	42	73
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INC	38	82
MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER INC	34	69

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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