What is Mark Nelson's specialty?

Mark Nelson (NPI 1689647109) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Tacoma, WA.

Where does Mark Nelson practice?

Mark Nelson practices in Tacoma, WA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1689647109.

How much does Medicare pay Mark Nelson?

Mark Nelson (NPI 1689647109) received approximately $4.3M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,253 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689647109

Mark NelsonMD

OphthalmologyTacoma, WAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,691

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

106,882

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.2M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 373 Ophthalmology providers in WA — top quintile (cohort median 2,090).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

294

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$6K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

4.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate119 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl69 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate41 claims

Latanoprost27 claims

Ofloxacin13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.9

Quality

99.8

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$167

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$167

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$167

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mark Nelson'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
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM	152	345
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES WASHINGTON	29	65
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Seattle, WA	26	31
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Seattle, WA	25	46
KOPSTEIN, ANDREW	16	31
Michael Rome Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tacoma, WA	16	38
Susan Ruyle Ophthalmology · Aberdeen, WA	14	26
Devendra Vora Interventional Cardiology · Tacoma, WA	13	28
GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	12	23

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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