What is Carolyn Chen's specialty?

Carolyn Chen (NPI 1669671723) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Shenandoah, TX.

Where does Carolyn Chen practice?

Carolyn Chen practices in Shenandoah, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1669671723.

How much does Medicare pay Carolyn Chen?

Carolyn Chen (NPI 1669671723) received approximately $2.4M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,186 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669671723

Carolyn ChenMD

OphthalmologyShenandoah, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,794

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

63,257

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.3M

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

424

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$19K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate202 claims

Difluprednate109 claims

Ofloxacin63 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine23 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$585

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$585

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$585

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carolyn Chen'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	99	277
Louis Verstringhe Ophthalmology · Shenandoah, TX	44	95
JENKINS, MARK	44	98
PRICE, CHARLES	41	82
Justus Thomas Ophthalmology · Kingwood, TX	29	70
Belu Allam Ophthalmology · Houston, TX	18	21
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	17	47
TEXIENNE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, L.P.	16	29
TOMBALL TEXAS HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC	11	29

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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