PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639210925

Kunal KanitkarM.D.

PRACTICEPALMETTO OPHTHALMOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLexington, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,207

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,453

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$456K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 262 Ophthalmology providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 3,252).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,782

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$639K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

45.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost506 claims

Prednisolone Acetate221 claims

Bimatoprost218 claims

Cyclosporine161 claims

Cyclosporine159 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.2

Quality

99.9

Cost

74.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.72%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$15K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$12K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kunal Kanitkar'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). 19 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT INC	219	503
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	52	81
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, INC.	29	45
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	25	48
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	23	47
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, LLC	21	37
Nicholas Mayes Diagnostic Radiology · West Columbia, SC	20	29
John Walters Ophthalmology · Lexington, SC	19	38
Franklin Williams Anesthesiology · Columbia, SC	18	52
Jonathan Hewett Interventional Cardiology · West Columbia, SC	15	32
CLEMENZ, LAYNE	14	18
Lexington County Ems Ambulance Service Provider · Lexington, SC	13	17

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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