What is William Walton's specialty?

William Walton (NPI 1548274095) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Morganton, NC.

Where does William Walton practice?

William Walton practices in Morganton, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548274095.

How much does Medicare pay William Walton?

William Walton (NPI 1548274095) received approximately $179K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 913 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548274095

William WaltonM.D.

PRACTICEMORGANTON EYE PHYSICIANS, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyMorganton, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,034

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,650

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$173K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 512 Ophthalmology providers in NC — above median (cohort median 2,093).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

11,268

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost4,440 claims

Timolol Maleate1,407 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat1,268 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate841 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl752 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.8

Quality

84.6

Cost

77.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where William Walton'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). 16 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	59	98
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	36	54
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	35	80
Gary Schafer Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC	18	61
THE MCDOWELL HOSPITAL INC	18	31
PEARSON, LAWRENCE	16	18
David Abernathy Internal Medicine · Morganton, NC	16	36
NPI 1023025897	14	16
Claude Whitworth Internal Medicine · Forest City, NC	14	33
CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	14	24
Nelson Seen Internal Medicine · Shelby, NC	12	18
Kyle Aldinger Internal Medicine · Shelby, NC	12	38

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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