What is Joe Hester's specialty?

Joe Hester (NPI 1609894948) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Magnolia, AR.

Where does Joe Hester practice?

Joe Hester practices in Magnolia, AR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609894948.

How much does Medicare pay Joe Hester?

Joe Hester (NPI 1609894948) received approximately $100K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 638 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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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