PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548296452

Steven ShieldsM.D.

PRACTICEWEST COUNTY OPHTHALMOLOGY, INCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyChesterfield, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,888

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,124

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$193K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 284 Ophthalmology providers in MO — above median (cohort median 2,050).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,050

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$177K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost371 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat188 claims

Timolol Maleate126 claims

Prednisolone Acetate86 claims

Bimatoprost77 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.5

Quality

99.0

Cost

76.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.03%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$282

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$282

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Shields'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	377	1,540
Chesterfield Ambulatory Surgery Center Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Chesterfield, MO	103	244
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	78	168
MERCY HOSPITALS EAST COMMUNITIES	69	103
Heidi Lee Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Saint Louis, MO	47	213
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Maryland Heights, MO	47	82
City Of Houston Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	35	46
Maged Haikal Cardiology · Chesterfield, MO	34	62
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	27	42
Dennis Sauer Anesthesiology · Chesterfield, MO	23	50
Vijay Patnana Anesthesiology · Chesterfield, MO	21	54
James Donnelly Dermatology · Chesterfield, MO	21	24

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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