PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1376762047

Joseph FaustM.D.

PRACTICESTUART J KAUFMAN MD & ASSOC PASee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyZephyrhills, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,062

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,317

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$141K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,263 Ophthalmology providers in FL — below median (cohort median 2,598).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,505

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$85K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost719 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate174 claims

Timolol Maleate133 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat105 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl92 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.0

Quality

95.5

Cost

72.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.63%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$36

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$36

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Faust'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). 5 inbound referrers · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	46	68
HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	26	43
Rajesh Desai Endocrinology · Melbourne, FL	24	48
Omni Healthcare, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Melbourne, FL	18	36
CAPE CANAVERAL HOSPITAL, INC.	13	27

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	73	137
HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	50	88
BEFANIS, PAUL	34	93
HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	27	44
ROCKLEDGE HMA, LLC	25	51
Omni Healthcare, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Melbourne, FL	22	33
Brevard Surgery Center Ambulatory Surgical Center · Melbourne, FL	19	28
Rajesh Desai Endocrinology · Melbourne, FL	17	39
MELBOURNE HMA, LLC	12	23
Rafael Trespalacios Ophthalmology · Melbourne, FL	11	32

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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