PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598853103

Dessie AthensO.D.

PRACTICEPALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATIONSee all providers at this practice →

OptometryPalo Alto, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

337

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

345

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$29K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,493 Optometry providers in CA — above median (cohort median 147).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Erythromycin Base38 claims

Tobramycin/Dexamethasone14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Dessie Athens'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
Jon Keller Pathology · Palo Alto, CA	86	194
Mary Ann Lloyd Ophthalmology · Palo Alto, CA	26	30
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation Ambulatory Surgical Center · Palo Alto, CA	24	29
Jocelyn Delcarmen Ophthalmology · Palo Alto, CA	23	25
Susan Ryu Ophthalmology · Stanford, CA	20	28
Eirene Wong Ophthalmology · Palo Alto, CA	19	21
John Murao Diagnostic Radiology · Palo Alto, CA	11	12

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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