PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689718819

Joel GeorgeM.D.

PRACTICETHURMOND EYE ASSOCIATES, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyWeslaco, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,723

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,425

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$698K

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

4,844

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$606K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost798 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine448 claims

Prednisolone Acetate392 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate360 claims

Timolol Maleate342 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.9

Quality

90.1

Cost

78.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.75%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$484

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$484

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joel George'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). 64 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE, LTD	331	703
ZION LABORATORY SERVICES, INC.	118	289
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	101	178
Pedro Mcdougal Internal Medicine · Weslaco, TX	66	260
Pedro Penalo Internal Medicine · Weslaco, TX	53	242
Wade Graham Ophthalmology · Mcallen, TX	46	111
Jose Lares Internal Medicine · Weslaco, TX	41	156
Jose Pena Internal Medicine · Donna, TX	38	142
MISSION HOSPITAL, INC.	38	49
Karina Vasquez Nephrology · San Antonio, TX	36	145
Mark Liong Nephrology · Mcallen, TX	34	149
Vangala Reddy Diagnostic Radiology · Edinburg, TX	34	48

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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