PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1477644334

Neil FriedmanMD

OphthalmologyPalo Alto, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,673

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,963

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$159K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

307

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$87K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost77 claims

Bimatoprost42 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate30 claims

Cyclosporine25 claims

Timolol Maleate25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.7

Quality

67.2

Cost

76.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.20%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$446

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$446

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Neil Friedman'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 · 7 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
EL CAMINO AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER LLC	31	64
Jon Keller Pathology · Palo Alto, CA	25	70
Judith Nevitt Ophthalmology · Redwood City, CA	12	15
Robert Chang Ophthalmology · Stanford, CA	12	21
EL CAMINO HOSPITAL	11	22

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
STANFORD HEALTH CARE	109	266
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · San Jose, CA	33	83
EL CAMINO AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER LLC	30	53
Jon Keller Pathology · Palo Alto, CA	24	64
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE	16	35
Steven Xanthopoulos Anesthesiology · Menlo Park, CA	14	42
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	11	14

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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