What is Don Covington's specialty?

Don Covington (NPI 1649240854) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Rockingham, NC.

Where does Don Covington practice?

Don Covington practices in Rockingham, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649240854.

How much does Medicare pay Don Covington?

Don Covington (NPI 1649240854) received approximately $26K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 337 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649240854

Don CovingtonO.D.

PRACTICEAL H COVINGTON OD PASee all providers at this practice →

OptometryRockingham, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

381

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

405

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$24K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 983 Optometry providers in NC — below median (cohort median 605).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

624

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$79K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost188 claims

Timolol Maleate61 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate52 claims

Bimatoprost50 claims

Tobramycin/Dexamethasone36 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.8

Quality

87.5

Cost

70.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

97.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$157

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$157

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$157

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Don Covington'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Neil Griffin Ophthalmology · Myrtle Beach, SC	57	317
Scott Hees Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	56	82
CAROLINAS ANSON HEALTHCARE INC.	31	43
HAMLET HMA LLC	29	47
Kimberley Lingler Family Practice · Chester, VA	25	63
David Chiu Anesthesiology · Advance, NC	22	33
Paul Singh Interventional Radiology · Rockingham, NC	19	29
Johnny Camargo Internal Medicine · Matthews, NC	18	50
Julie Morley Physician Assistant · Pinehurst, NC	17	26
Christina Dixon Nurse Practitioner · Rockingham, NC	16	57
EL-DROUBI, HAZEM	16	43
NPI 1316275977	16	33

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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