What is David Forster's specialty?

David Forster (NPI 1629054945) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Falls Church, VA.

Where does David Forster practice?

David Forster practices in Falls Church, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629054945.

How much does Medicare pay David Forster?

David Forster (NPI 1629054945) received approximately $119K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 950 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629054945

David ForsterMD

PRACTICENORTHERN VIRGINIA OPHTHALMOLOGY ASSOC P.CSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyFalls Church, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,254

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,326

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$114K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 445 Ophthalmology providers in VA — below median (cohort median 2,782).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

518

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$62K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost196 claims

Timolol Maleate104 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat85 claims

Cyclosporine27 claims

Cyclosporine26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.5

Quality

92.3

Cost

79.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.69%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$162

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$162

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$162

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Forster'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	114	207
Northern Virginia Eye Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Fairfax, VA	90	181
PHILIP, ANITA	38	201
Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Hicksville, NY	25	40
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	23	43
INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES	22	36
Mohammed Naji Anesthesiology · Vienna, VA	21	33
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Chantilly, VA	20	27
Alexander Eitel Anesthesiology · Rockville, MD	20	36

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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