What is Thomas Walters's specialty?

Thomas Walters (NPI 1609852664) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Austin, TX.

Where does Thomas Walters practice?

Thomas Walters practices in Austin, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609852664.

How much does Medicare pay Thomas Walters?

Thomas Walters (NPI 1609852664) received approximately $295K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 515 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609852664

Thomas WaltersMD

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OphthalmologyAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,484

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,715

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$285K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,238 Ophthalmology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,864).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

135

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost79 claims

Timolol Maleate22 claims

Prednisolone Acetate19 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.9

Quality

86.1

Cost

79.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

89.0

Payment adjustment

0.50%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$655

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$655

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$655

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Walters'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Texan Ambulatory Surgery Center, Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Austin, TX	308	1,208
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	145	275
Richard Laube Anesthesiology · Austin, TX	134	350
SMITH, GARY	44	107
Theodore Bedillion Anesthesiology · Austin, TX	41	98
HIMES, RICHARD	40	102
Jeffrey Jekot Anesthesiology · Austin, TX	27	58
ASCENSION SETON	26	69
MID COAST MEDICAL CENTER - CENTRAL	23	61
SCOTT & WHITE HOSPITAL - ROUND ROCK	21	58
Lacey Thames Optometry · Hutto, TX	16	54
City Of Austin Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	12	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.

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