PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518162247

Benjamin ErnstM.D.

PRACTICENORTHEAST WISCONSIN RETINA ASSOCIATES SCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyAppleton, WII

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,347

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

10,891

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 304 Ophthalmology providers in WI — top quintile (cohort median 1,730).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate39 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine22 claims

Latanoprost13 claims

Timolol Maleate13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Benjamin Ernst'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE, INC	47	107
ST VINCENT HOSPITAL-HOSPITAL SISTERS-THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS	37	125
Tyson Schwiesow Ophthalmology · Green Bay, WI	17	39
Kurt Schwiesow Ophthalmology · Green Bay, WI	16	86
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF OSHKOSH, INC.	15	42
Tower Clock Surgery Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Green Bay, WI	11	24

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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