What is W Ku's specialty?

W Ku (NPI 1518975523) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Lewisville, TX.

Where does W Ku practice?

W Ku practices in Lewisville, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518975523.

How much does Medicare pay W Ku?

W Ku (NPI 1518975523) received approximately $333K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,475 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518975523

W KuMD

PRACTICEWSK EYE ASSOCIATES PASee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLewisville, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,148

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,649

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$324K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,238 Ophthalmology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,864).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,672

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$356K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost922 claims

Timolol Maleate314 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl202 claims

Bimatoprost176 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat126 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.3

Quality

100.0

Cost

77.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.77%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$967

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$967

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$967

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where W Ku'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). 19 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	153	242
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	74	130
COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER OF LEWISVILLE SUBSIDIARY LP	65	107
Carolyn Lyde Dermatology · Lewisville, TX	28	47
Davey Suh Podiatry · Flower Mound, TX	25	37
LEWISVILLE SURGICARE PARTNERS, LTD	19	36
David Haynie Cardiology · Midland, TX	18	47
John Fairbanks Urology · Flower Mound, TX	17	37
Shirley Williams Cardiology · Flower Mound, TX	15	23
Dennis Costa Medical Oncology · Lewisville, TX	15	63
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	15	23
Edward Kremer Internal Medicine · Lewisville, TX	12	18

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.

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