What is Helen Tower's specialty?

Helen Tower (NPI 1356373856) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Ashland, VA.

Where does Helen Tower practice?

Helen Tower practices in Ashland, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1356373856.

How much does Medicare pay Helen Tower?

Helen Tower (NPI 1356373856) received approximately $41K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 360 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1356373856

Helen TowerO.D.

OptometryAshland, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

699

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,170

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$40K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 797 Optometry providers in VA — top quintile (cohort median 481).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

221

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

5.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost143 claims

Timolol Maleate51 claims

Famciclovir15 claims

Lifitegrast12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$379

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$379

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$379

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Helen Tower'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). 0 inbound referrers · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	30	37
BON SECOURS MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	26	39
BON SECOURS ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL OF RICHMOND LLC	17	21
Donald Ganley Internal Medicine · Ashland, VA	14	23

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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