What is John Hazelton's specialty?

John Hazelton (NPI 1659394146) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Murrells Inlet, SC.

Where does John Hazelton practice?

John Hazelton practices in Murrells Inlet, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659394146.

How much does Medicare pay John Hazelton?

John Hazelton (NPI 1659394146) received approximately $502K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,380 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659394146

John HazeltonM.D.

OphthalmologyMurrells Inlet, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,287

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,332

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$493K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,950

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$417K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost1,659 claims

Prednisolone Acetate649 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat630 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine559 claims

Timolol Maleate537 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

96.7

Quality

93.3

Cost

76.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.91%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$355

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$355

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$355

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Hazelton'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). 30 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Bay Microsurgical Unit Ambulatory Surgical Center · Georgetown, SC	258	703
Janice Ewart Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Georgetown, SC	169	336
Catherine Lumpkin Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Georgetown, SC	168	326
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	78	125
Owen Johnson Optometry · Georgetown, SC	44	187
CONWAY HOSPITAL, INC.	38	69
Charles Doering Ophthalmology · Murrells Inlet, SC	30	68
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	28	77
Philip Nicol Internal Medicine · Murrells Inlet, SC	25	75
William Gammon Family Practice · Myrtle Beach, SC	24	51
GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC	23	50
David Anderson Diagnostic Radiology · Georgetown, SC	22	31

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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