PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578652988

Carol ShieldsMD

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OphthalmologyPhiladelphia, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

6,822

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,213

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$611K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 810 Ophthalmology providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 1,854).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

579

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

72.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha262 claims

Atropine Sulfate97 claims

Ondansetron61 claims

Erythromycin Base60 claims

Lorazepam40 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

71.1

Quality

50.8

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

94.0

Payment adjustment

-0.47%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$1K

Food and Beverage$22

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carol 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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
TENET HEALTH SYSTEM HAHNEMANN, LLC	49	52
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	44	73
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	42	65
Lydia Komarnicky Radiation Oncology · Philadelphia, PA	39	136
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC	27	42
NPI 1356480289	11	12
Miriam Zentner Anesthesiology · Philadelphia, PA	11	11

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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