PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649387770

Howard DistelmanMD

PRACTICESHORELINE EYE ASSOCIATES, P.C.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyGuilford, CTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,568

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,786

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$163K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 255 Ophthalmology providers in CT — above median (cohort median 1,669).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,995

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$256K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost641 claims

Timolol Maleate202 claims

Bimatoprost186 claims

Ofloxacin164 claims

Prednisolone Acetate122 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.7

Quality

94.5

Cost

76.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$255

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$255

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Distelman'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Llc Clinical Laboratory · Wallingford, CT	215	422
Joan Piccolo Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Middletown, CT	35	49
Catharine Arnold Rheumatology · Guilford, CT	35	56
BARRETT, SHARON	24	33
Michael Rubinstein Internal Medicine · Clinton, CT	22	34
Anthony Peluso Anesthesiology · Bridgeport, CT	22	29
Wayne Larrison Ophthalmology · New Haven, CT	19	33
Yale University Clinical Laboratory · New Haven, CT	18	20
Brittany Schmaling Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Shelton, CT	17	22
Carolyn Carroll Dermatology · Clinton, CT	17	23
Wajih Kidwai Medical Oncology · Guilford, CT	16	77
Anthony Mascia Family Practice · Guilford, CT	15	60

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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