PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1356364061

Paul TaupekaM.D.

OphthalmologyMobile, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,139

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,232

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$87K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 191 Ophthalmology providers in AL — below median (cohort median 1,895).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,908

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$103K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate359 claims

Ofloxacin335 claims

Latanoprost293 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha243 claims

Timolol Maleate163 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$932

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$932

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Taupeka'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). 12 inbound referrers · 25 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	72	149
Kelly Whitlow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Pensacola, FL	35	56
Bulent Erdemir Anesthesiology · Mobile, AL	31	64
GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS, INC.	31	141
GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS, INC	28	62
SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS, INC	25	39
Eric Lobel Anesthesiology · Mobile, AL	20	39
Sean Allison Ophthalmology · Hattiesburg, MS	19	51
Michael Lasecki Anesthesiology · Mobile, AL	18	27
Frances Thurber Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	16	33
Robin Gorum Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	14	43
Christopher Gamard Internal Medicine · Mobile, AL	12	74

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
MOBILE INFIRMARY ASSOCIATION	99	370
Mobile-Sc, Ltd Ambulatory Surgical Center · Mobile, AL	97	291
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	69	133
Eric Lobel Anesthesiology · Mobile, AL	49	126
Michael Lasecki Anesthesiology · Mobile, AL	48	138
Sean Allison Ophthalmology · Hattiesburg, MS	38	82
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL	38	69
La Verne Vautier Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	37	95
GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS, INC	37	79
Kelly Whitlow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Pensacola, FL	28	46
GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS, INC.	26	76
MCINNISH, WILLIAM	26	94

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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