PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578590634

Steven CouchMD

OphthalmologySaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

684

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,400

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$138K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

471

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

96.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Erythromycin Base393 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha30 claims

Prednisone19 claims

Ondansetron18 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.2

Quality

71.6

Cost

75.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Couch'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
Washington University Clinical Laboratory · Saint Louis, MO	54	76
ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	18	47
ANDERSON, SUSAN	16	32
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	14	20
George Harocopos Ophthalmology · Saint Louis, MO	14	38
MERCY HOSPITALS EAST COMMUNITIES	14	23
SEACORD, LYNNE	12	27
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Maryland Heights, MO	12	23

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