What is Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton's specialty?

Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton (NPI 1437136959) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Murfreesboro, TN.

Where does Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton practice?

Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton practices in Murfreesboro, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1437136959.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton?

Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton (NPI 1437136959) received approximately $203K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 401 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1437136959

Karen Fitzgerald-SheltonMD

OphthalmologyMurfreesboro, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,116

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,448

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$175K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 326 Ophthalmology providers in TN — below median (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,616

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$503K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

36.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost776 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate556 claims

Prednisolone Acetate485 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine430 claims

Netarsudil Mesylate337 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.6

Quality

80.7

Cost

79.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

94.0

Payment adjustment

0.53%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Fitzgerald-Shelton'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). 56 inbound referrers · 121 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL INC	440	1,376
SENTARA HOSPITALS	360	795
SENTARA HOSPITALS	80	113
WHITE, JERRI	70	216
Geoffrey Bacon Otolaryngology · Hampton, VA	48	149
City Of Hampton Virginia Ambulance Service Provider · Hampton, VA	26	33
DAVIS, IVAN	23	28
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	23	32
Robert Hunter Family Practice · Hampton, VA	23	137
MARY IMMACULATE HOSPITAL LLC	22	39
NPI 1184635492	22	52
ADCOCK, OLLIE	21	49

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL INC	432	1,079
SENTARA HOSPITALS	364	674
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	135	209
MYNES, MICHAEL	98	558
SENTARA HOSPITALS	78	101
SENTARA HOSPITALS	71	91
Debra Fontaine Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Hampton, VA	63	235
WHITE, JERRI	61	131
Brian Keel Ophthalmology · Newport News, VA	57	107
Geoffrey Bacon Otolaryngology · Hampton, VA	45	130
Lataya Keene Anesthesiology · Alexandria, VA	42	260
Shonna Johnson Family Practice · Hampton, VA	33	65

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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