PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568625192

Nikola RagusaM.D.

PRACTICESHERMAN & ABELOW MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyBronx, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

860

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,050

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$76K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,438 Ophthalmology providers in NY — below median (cohort median 1,869).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,749

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$706K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost1,798 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat436 claims

Prednisolone Acetate387 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate360 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine212 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.2

Quality

76.7

Cost

73.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

89.0

Payment adjustment

0.51%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Honoraria$2K

Food and Beverage$827

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nikola Ragusa'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
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Melville, NY	63	155
Northwell Health Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · New Hyde Park, NY	36	72
Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Hicksville, NY	27	63
Eric Sigler Ophthalmology · Massapequa, NY	22	47
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	15	25
NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	14	19
Daniel Kiernan Ophthalmology · Sarasota, FL	13	40
ENZO CLINICAL LABS, INC.	11	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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