PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669475620

Joel MuirheadM. D.

PRACTICECHARLES L. HEATON , M.D. P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLongview, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,640

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,296

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$288K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,238 Ophthalmology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,864).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,078

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$113K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost253 claims

Prednisolone Acetate150 claims

Tobramycin126 claims

Timolol Maleate113 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat73 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.7

Quality

80.9

Cost

76.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$742

Travel and Lodging$375

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joel Muirhead'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). 33 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Eldon Steele Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	118	372
SAWYER, JAMES	34	119
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	28	49
Ronald Rudak Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	26	65
BECK, STEPHEN	23	41
Kianne Hardee Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Worth, TX	22	39
Timothy Graham Diagnostic Radiology · Longview, TX	22	35
Kayvan Kamali Rheumatology · Longview, TX	21	50
ERWIN, DAVID	21	27
Jason Bramlett Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	20	49
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER	19	55
Richard Hamer Neurology · Longview, TX	17	35

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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