PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1356551261

Aurabind BalaganiDO

PRACTICEBRIGGS OPHTHALMOLOGY & ASSOCIATES, S.C.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyDyer, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,642

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,722

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$403K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 236 Ophthalmology providers in IN — above median (cohort median 2,608).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,429

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$686K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

44.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost798 claims

Bimatoprost619 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate233 claims

Prednisolone Acetate215 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl198 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.6

Quality

87.3

Cost

72.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$785

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$785

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Aurabind Balagani'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). 10 inbound referrers · 23 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC	129	271
FRANCISCAN HEALTH MUNSTER	96	226
Kourous Rezaei Ophthalmology · Harvey, IL	24	88
Kelly Mis Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Hammond, IN	23	41
THE METHODIST HOSPITALS, INC	20	39
John Gustaitis Diagnostic Radiology · Munster, IN	19	23
FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT	18	42
FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER & HAMMOND	15	30
Barry Kaufman Ophthalmology · Dyer, IN	12	26
Lillibet Escalante Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Hammond, IN	11	31

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
FRANCISCAN HEALTH MUNSTER	128	564
MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC	127	245
FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER & HAMMOND	64	123
Alverno Laboratories, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Hammond, IN	39	74
Quest Diagnostics Llc Il Clinical Laboratory · Wood Dale, IL	38	64
Kelly Mis Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Hammond, IN	34	111
SVINGEN, CAROLYN	25	87
THE METHODIST HOSPITALS, INC	23	45
Kourous Rezaei Ophthalmology · Harvey, IL	22	61
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER INC	19	36
FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT	17	31
ST CATHERINE HOSPITAL INC	17	47

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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