What is Nathan Lighthizer's specialty?

Nathan Lighthizer (NPI 1366671497) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Tahlequah, OK.

Where does Nathan Lighthizer practice?

Nathan Lighthizer practices in Tahlequah, OK, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1366671497.

How much does Medicare pay Nathan Lighthizer?

Nathan Lighthizer (NPI 1366671497) received approximately $11K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 62 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1366671497

Nathan LighthizerO.D.

PRACTICENORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRYSee all providers at this practice →

OptometryTahlequah, OKI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$941

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 600 Optometry providers in OK — bottom quintile (cohort median 418).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.4

Quality

72.8

Cost

76.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.44%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$266K

Payment records

259

By payment type

Consulting Fee$78K

Food and Beverage$70K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$52K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$43K

Travel and Lodging$17K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$78K

Food and Beverage$70K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$52K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$43K

Travel and Lodging$17K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nathan Lighthizer'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). 3 inbound referrers · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHEROKEE NATION	44	108
NORTHEASTERN HEALTH SYSTEM	39	68
KING, MARY	30	51

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Richard Castillo Ophthalmology · Tahlequah, OK	39	133
CHEROKEE NATION	38	124
NORTHEASTERN HEALTH SYSTEM	22	28
KING, MARY	20	24

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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