What is Eric Friedman's specialty?

Eric Friedman (NPI 1538132337) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in New Brunswick, NJ.

Where does Eric Friedman practice?

Eric Friedman practices in New Brunswick, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538132337.

How much does Medicare pay Eric Friedman?

Eric Friedman (NPI 1538132337) received approximately $2.7M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 843 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538132337

Eric FriedmanMD

OphthalmologyNew Brunswick, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,427

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

23,145

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.6M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 531 Ophthalmology providers in NJ — top quintile (cohort median 2,470).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

365

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$24K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate69 claims

Latanoprost61 claims

Difluprednate46 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat37 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.8

Quality

99.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.04%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$219

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$219

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$219

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Eric 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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	151	297
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INC	101	232
AHS HOSPITAL CORP.	53	138
Jonathan Prenner Ophthalmology · New Brunswick, NJ	40	67
Harold Wheatley Ophthalmology · New Brunswick, NJ	37	84
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	36	100
YARIAN, DAVID	34	56
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	33	64
Joseph Kaspareck Ophthalmology · Somerville, NJ	31	53
Aculabs Inc Clinical Laboratory · East Brunswick, NJ	23	94
Steven Ellis Ophthalmology · Lawrenceville, NJ	20	37
Robert Jaffe Diagnostic Radiology · Edison, NJ	20	25

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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