What is Howell Findley's specialty?

Howell Findley (NPI 1619993961) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Lexington, KY.

Where does Howell Findley practice?

Howell Findley practices in Lexington, KY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1619993961.

How much does Medicare pay Howell Findley?

Howell Findley (NPI 1619993961) received approximately $82K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 630 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1619993961

Howell FindleyOD

OptometryLexington, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,522

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,745

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$82K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 553 Optometry providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 1,238).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

883

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

79.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Erythromycin Base678 claims

Atropine Sulfate95 claims

Tobramycin40 claims

Bacitracin/Polymyxin B Sulfate27 claims

Cyclopentolate Hcl15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.7

Quality

100.0

Cost

78.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.79%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$951

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$951

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$951

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howell Findley'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Commonwealth Eye Clinic Inc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Lexington, KY	378	934
Lance Ferguson Ophthalmology · Lexington, KY	198	465
Tammy Higgins Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Danville, KY	97	224
Robert Smith Optometry · Lexington, KY	39	72
New Lexington Clinic, Psc Clinical Laboratory · Lexington, KY	25	54
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	22	42
Jeffery Creech Optometry · Paris, KY	15	29
DRAYER, RICHARD	14	35
Clay Mattson Optometry · Nicholasville, KY	14	27
Denise Dobbins Kowalik Optometry · Danville, KY	13	31

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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