PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497097927

Nicholas FrisardM.D.

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OphthalmologyMetairie, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,011

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,180

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$132K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 255 Ophthalmology providers in LA — below median (cohort median 1,801).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,178

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$122K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost469 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat145 claims

Timolol Maleate104 claims

Cyclosporine74 claims

Prednisolone Acetate70 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$181

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$181

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicholas Frisard'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 · 3 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION	73	188
Shalin Shah Ophthalmology · Decatur, GA	31	37

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION	49	124
Joshua Groetsch Ophthalmology · Metairie, LA	29	49
Alexander Kosmidis Ophthalmology · Fairview Park, OH	21	38

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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