PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1306872411

Gayle HowardM.D.

OphthalmologyChula Vista, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,382

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,743

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$121K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,094

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$323K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost923 claims

Prednisolone Acetate292 claims

Latanoprostene Bunod201 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat185 claims

Bimatoprost181 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.6

Quality

98.0

Cost

64.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.57%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$408

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$408

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050222

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gayle Howard'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). 5 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	68	120
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	55	99
David Hansen Internal Medicine · Chula Vista, CA	18	50
Mushrik Kaisey Internal Medicine · Chula Vista, CA	13	34
Tania Kaczanowski Optometry · Chula Vista, CA	11	19

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	86	238
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	60	110
SAN DIEGO IMAGING-CHULA VISTA LLC	26	35
Tania Kaczanowski Optometry · Chula Vista, CA	26	42
SCRIPPS HEALTH	22	30
David Hansen Internal Medicine · Chula Vista, CA	20	50
Sherry Deaner-Harrington Optometry · Chula Vista, CA	20	48
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	15	32
SCHER, BARRY	14	29
Gregory Czer Internal Medicine · Chula Vista, CA	12	17
SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE CENTER	11	25

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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