What is John Pitcher's specialty?

John Pitcher (NPI 1538312582) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Albuquerque, NM.

Where does John Pitcher practice?

John Pitcher practices in Albuquerque, NM, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538312582.

How much does Medicare pay John Pitcher?

John Pitcher (NPI 1538312582) received approximately $6.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,096 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538312582

John PitcherM.D.

OphthalmologyAlbuquerque, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,399

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

138,181

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 69 Ophthalmology providers in NM — top quintile (cohort median 2,264).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,115

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$25K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate272 claims

Latanoprost180 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate148 claims

Polymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim120 claims

Timolol Maleate82 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.3

Quality

87.7

Cost

69.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.52%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$55K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$35K

Consulting Fee$15K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Food and Beverage$804

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$35K

Consulting Fee$15K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Food and Beverage$804

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Pitcher'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES	128	357
TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES	67	268
LOVELACE HEALTH SYSTEM LLC	54	124
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES	49	79
ROSWELL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	48	99
WHITE, THOMAS	37	60
Ashok Reddy Ophthalmology · Albuquerque, NM	32	56
NPI 1396781134	32	74
Albuquerque Ambulatory Eye Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Albuquerque, NM	30	43
Mark Lesher Ophthalmology · Albuquerque, NM	21	37
Frank Wyant Ophthalmology · Albuquerque, NM	19	27
GONZALEZ-VILLAVERDE, ALBERTO	15	17

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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