What is Richard Jones's specialty?

Richard Jones (NPI 1538186044) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Sacramento, CA.

Where does Richard Jones practice?

Richard Jones practices in Sacramento, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538186044.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Jones?

Richard Jones (NPI 1538186044) received approximately $245K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 867 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538186044

Richard JonesMD

PRACTICERICHARD F ZIPF MD MEDICAL CORPSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologySacramento, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,700

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,068

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$241K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,053

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$264K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost686 claims

Timolol Maleate288 claims

Prednisolone Acetate172 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine133 claims

Cyclosporine95 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.8

Quality

77.9

Cost

58.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.24%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Jones'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sacramento Surgery Center Associates, L P Ambulatory Surgical Center · Sacramento, CA	140	223
DIGNITY HEALTH	65	141
Emil Tanghetti Dermatology · Sacramento, CA	31	78
Bayard Chang Internal Medicine · Sacramento, CA	23	45
David Lehman Internal Medicine · Sacramento, CA	22	53
Kenneth Wiesner Rheumatology · Sacramento, CA	18	36
Bradley Chipps Pulmonary Disease · Sacramento, CA	16	34
BASS, LAWRENCE	15	22
KWOK, MONICE	14	22
Charanjit Sandhu Internal Medicine · Sacramento, CA	14	23
Daniel Vanhamersveld Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	14	18
Robert Tang Internal Medicine · Sacramento, CA	13	27

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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