What is Barbara Bowers's specialty?

Barbara Bowers (NPI 1578530192) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Paducah, KY.

Where does Barbara Bowers practice?

Barbara Bowers practices in Paducah, KY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1578530192.

How much does Medicare pay Barbara Bowers?

Barbara Bowers (NPI 1578530192) received approximately $171K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 233 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578530192

Barbara BowersM.D.

OphthalmologyPaducah, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

828

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,260

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$155K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 186 Ophthalmology providers in KY — below median (cohort median 1,932).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

381

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$12K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Ketorolac Tromethamine111 claims

Prednisolone Acetate106 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl70 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl51 claims

Ofloxacin26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

77.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$920

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$920

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$920

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Barbara Bowers'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MERCY HEALTH-LOURDES HOSPITAL LLC	92	151
Yogesh Malla Interventional Pain Management · Paducah, KY	69	181
Timothy Hobbs Optometry · Paducah, KY	64	88
Whitney Bechtel Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Paducah, KY	62	141
Lourdes Ambulatory Surgery Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Paducah, KY	29	73
Danny Butler Internal Medicine · Paducah, KY	28	65
Jennifer Gibson Optometry · Paducah, KY	20	72
Tara Lykins Nurse Practitioner · Paducah, KY	15	18
Vernon Duncan Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	14	28
William Hogancamp Neurology · Paducah, KY	14	34
MURRAY-CALLOWAY COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL CORPORATION	14	22
Bradley Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Louisville, KY	13	27

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.

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