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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417179268

Walter SamsMD

OphthalmologyAthens, GAI
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MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
2,533
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
3,276
Distinct HCPCS
15
Medicare payment
$308K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 428 Ophthalmology providers in GA — above median (cohort median 1,999).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Sams'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). 22 inbound referrers · 48 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.159301
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL
118197
Kevin Roark
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Macon, GA
70198
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, INC.49114
Athens Eye Surgery Center,llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · Athens, GA
2947
PUTNAM GENERAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY2466
OCONEE VALLEY HEALTHCARE INC2237
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC2168
David Wicker
Diagnostic Radiology · Atlanta, GA
2024
Subodh Agrawal
Cardiology · Athens, GA
1638
Robert Cowles
Urology · Greensboro, GA
1523
Ross Campbell
Dermatology · Watkinsville, GA
1519
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Athens Eye Surgery Center,llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · Athens, GA
182572
PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.163352
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL
89136
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, INC.76168
Lyubov Zavelina
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Macon, GA
49193
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, INC.4671
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory · Tucker, GA
4674
Susan Lee
Optometry · Greensboro, GA
3299
Robert Penland
Optometry · Athens, GA
3174
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF WILKES COUNTY29121
Perry Lee
Optometry · Greensboro, GA
2669
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC2156
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.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
2,331
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$131K
Distinct drugs
21
Brand share
23.5%
Top prescribed drugs
Latanoprost930 claims
Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat260 claims
Prednisolone Acetate212 claims
Timolol Maleate154 claims
Brimonidine Tartrate120 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
93.6
Quality
100.0
Cost
78.6
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
0.78%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$689
Payment records
26
By payment type
Food and Beverage$664
Honoraria$26