PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568564722

Christopher WaltonMD

PRACTICESPRINGHILL SURGERY CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyMobile, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,245

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,486

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$116K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 191 Ophthalmology providers in AL — below median (cohort median 1,895).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,509

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$162K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Ketorolac Tromethamine451 claims

Latanoprost276 claims

Prednisolone Acetate202 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat189 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha104 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.5

Quality

81.8

Cost

75.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

77.0

Payment adjustment

0.27%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$374

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$374

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher 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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ronald Brown Anesthesiology · Mobile, AL	63	156
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	59	133
SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS, INC	45	143
Keith Lose Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	38	70
Sonya Strickland Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	23	40
Joshua Murphy Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	15	29
Curtis Graf Ophthalmology · Mobile, AL	14	30
Johnathan Bruns Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mobile, AL	11	19

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history