PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699727172

Brian NicholsM.D. PH.D.

OphthalmologyBoulder, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,436

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,638

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$183K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 288 Ophthalmology providers in CO — below median (cohort median 1,772).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

591

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$140K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost175 claims

Bimatoprost153 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate93 claims

Timolol Maleate86 claims

Cyclosporine16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Nichols'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Foothills Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Boulder, CO	103	166
Owen Ellis Anesthesiology · Longmont, CO	14	19
Heather Gitchell Optometry · Louisville, CO	14	37
KELL, HALE	13	46
NPI 1396781134	13	27
Kenyon Morrow Anesthesiology · Greeley, CO	12	17

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history