PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629145701

Stephen KratesDO

PRACTICESTEPHEN G KRATES DO PCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyPalos Heights, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,158

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,683

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$231K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 667 Ophthalmology providers in IL — below median (cohort median 2,192).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,346

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$30K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

8.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate478 claims

Ofloxacin371 claims

Latanoprost251 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat98 claims

Timolol Maleate48 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.3

Quality

87.3

Cost

81.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.60%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$178

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$178

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Krates'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	64	209
CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	51	88
William Grehan Anesthesiology · Melrose Park, IL	45	68
SHASHOUA, ANDREA	32	44
High Technology Inc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Palos Heights, IL	31	56
Robert Sulo Internal Medicine · Mokena, IL	17	101
David Choe Diagnostic Radiology · Joliet, IL	17	26
Kantilal Chandarana Diagnostic Radiology · Plainfield, IL	16	19
Francis Tobin Dermatology · Phoenix, AZ	14	24
Beata Styka Geriatric Medicine · Palos Heights, IL	14	32
Roy Bliley Interventional Cardiology · Palos Park, IL	14	18
Joseph Mularczyk Cardiology · Evergreen Park, IL	14	24

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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