What is Richard Ayuso's specialty?

Richard Ayuso (NPI 1508800178) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Jacksonville, NC.

Where does Richard Ayuso practice?

Richard Ayuso practices in Jacksonville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1508800178.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Ayuso?

Richard Ayuso (NPI 1508800178) received approximately $84K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 870 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508800178

Richard AyusoOD

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OptometryJacksonville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,447

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,753

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$83K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 983 Optometry providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 605).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

727

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$212K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

53.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost154 claims

Cyclosporine125 claims

Timolol Maleate73 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl65 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl40 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.6

Quality

91.4

Cost

74.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.61%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$305

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$302

Education$3

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$302

Education$3

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Ayuso'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). 3 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Kathleen Leone Ophthalmology · Wilmington, NC	21	108
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	17	52
Swetang Patel Family Practice · Jacksonville, NC	12	18

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ONSLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC	37	62
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	27	54
Kathleen Leone Ophthalmology · Wilmington, NC	20	47
NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	18	42
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	14	36
Eusebio Desuyo Pulmonary Disease · Bismarck, ND	11	27

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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