PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598735813

Stephen HwangMD

OphthalmologyScottsdale, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,482

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,604

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$434K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 293 Ophthalmology providers in AZ — above median (cohort median 2,550).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,136

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$361K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

48.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate528 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl407 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine222 claims

Cyclosporine164 claims

Besifloxacin Hcl144 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Hwang'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1245233923	272	810
BALLECER, CONRADO	115	278
HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST PHOENIX INC	23	35
Bentley Skibell Ophthalmology · Phoenix, AZ	20	28
Kent Johnson Pediatric Medicine · Goodyear, AZ	17	35
Paul Charnetsky Internal Medicine · Goodyear, AZ	16	29
Valerie Huls Dermatology · Goodyear, AZ	16	21
BANNER ESTRELLA MEDICAL CENTER	15	19
BANNER ESTRELLA SURGERY CENTER	13	33
Aaron Greeley Diagnostic Radiology · Glendale, AZ	13	23
GEORGE, RITA	11	16
Jimmy Saade Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	11	20

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

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