PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629164454

Lars HertzogM.D., F.A.C.S.

PRACTICEHERTZOG OPTICAL, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLong Beach, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,435

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,861

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$281K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,193

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$246K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost1,075 claims

Prednisolone Acetate450 claims

Timolol Maleate298 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl293 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine293 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

77.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$292

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$292

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Lars Hertzog'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Reagan Street Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Los Alamitos, CA	100	171
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	51	143
Qiao-Ling Li Anesthesiology · La Palma, CA	23	27
Michael Lieppman Ophthalmology · Long Beach, CA	17	73
Edward Glassberg Dermatology · Long Beach, CA	13	28
WEST COAST CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.	12	36
Johnny Triplett Anesthesiology · Long Beach, CA	12	12
Steve Im Anesthesiology · Cerritos, CA	11	16

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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