PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609894948

Joe HesterMD

OphthalmologyMagnolia, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,332

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,623

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$98K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 108 Ophthalmology providers in AR — below median (cohort median 3,420).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,604

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$64K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost691 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat376 claims

Prednisolone Acetate71 claims

Fluorometholone69 claims

Timolol Maleate55 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.3

Quality

92.2

Cost

74.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

92.0

Payment adjustment

0.77%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joe Hester'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	192	1,058
OUACHITA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	138	623
Jason Franks Internal Medicine · Magnolia, AR	44	155
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.	41	117
Joseph Deluca Internal Medicine · El Dorado, AR	37	92
NPI 1194798629	36	193
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	33	142
SOWELL, STEVEN	29	147
NPI 1407993298	24	89
Robert Fitzhugh Optometry · Stamps, AR	23	105
Matthew Barnett Family Practice · Magnolia, AR	22	78
BAPTIST HEALTH	21	40

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