PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1366418790

Carter NicholsM.D.

PRACTICEEYEWEAR SPECIALISTS INCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyEdina, MNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,062

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,245

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$141K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 303 Ophthalmology providers in MN — above median (cohort median 1,199).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,826

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$53K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost555 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat289 claims

Prednisolone Acetate239 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine190 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl176 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.5

Quality

80.4

Cost

74.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

96.0

Payment adjustment

0.44%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$69

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$69

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carter Nichols'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). 8 inbound referrers · 16 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
RIDGEVIEW MEDICAL CENTER	99	203
Chaska Plaza Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Chaska, MN	33	74
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	25	54
Ridges Surgery Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Burnsville, MN	19	43
BLOCK, JULE	14	27
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	14	19
Mark Reiner Anesthesiology · Waconia, MN	12	13
Lisa Block Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Minnetonka, MN	11	14

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
RIDGEVIEW MEDICAL CENTER	67	133
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	61	157
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	37	94
ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM	33	52
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	29	65
Chaska Plaza Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Chaska, MN	27	64
ST FRANCIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	22	34
Jane Horner Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · St Louis Park, MN	20	59
ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM	18	30
Mohit Dewan Ophthalmology · Woodbury, MN	18	32
Ridges Surgery Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Burnsville, MN	16	33
SCHUMACHER, SHIELA	15	33

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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