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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ProviderScore

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