PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699740712

Richard BriggsM.D.

PRACTICERICHARD B BRIGGS MD PASee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

227

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$35K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost67 claims

Erythromycin Base33 claims

Prednisolone Acetate24 claims

Cyclosporine21 claims

Timolol Maleate19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.0

Quality

88.0

Cost

76.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.55%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Briggs'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
ASCENSION SETON	54	159
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	25	65
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION	21	35
Kimberly Golde Ophthalmology · Round Rock, TX	18	24
ASCENSION SETON	16	19
SMITH, ARCHIE	15	40

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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