PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1427062900

Steven ShieldsMD

PRACTICESSM-SLUH, INC.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologySaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

599

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

700

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 284 Ophthalmology providers in MO — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,050).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

585

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$48K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost158 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat81 claims

Timolol Maleate73 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate58 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol46 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

68.5

Cost

72.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$45

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$45

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Shields'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). 2 inbound referrers · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Steven Nolan Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Effingham, IL	16	40
Levent Akduman Ophthalmology · St Louis, MO	12	17

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SLH VISTA, INC.	97	315
Mahmood Qalbani Anesthesiology · Saint Louis, MO	52	181
GREMMELSBACHER, MICHAEL	33	115
Labone Llc Clinical Laboratory · Lenexa, KS	28	55
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	24	41
SSM HEALTH CARE ST. LOUIS	21	37
MERCY HOSPITALS EAST COMMUNITIES	14	30
Thomas Porter Optometry · Saint Louis, MO	14	15
Levent Akduman Ophthalmology · St Louis, MO	13	30
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Dublin, OH	11	23

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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