What is Howard Chen's specialty?

Howard Chen (NPI 1699763748) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Campbell, CA.

Where does Howard Chen practice?

Howard Chen practices in Campbell, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699763748.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Chen?

Howard Chen (NPI 1699763748) received approximately $3.6M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,339 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699763748

Howard ChenMD

OphthalmologyCampbell, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,548

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

96,847

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3.5M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

530

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$19K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

40.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Brimonidine Tartrate134 claims

Prednisolone Acetate118 claims

Tobramycin/Dexamethasone114 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat59 claims

Latanoprost51 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$559

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$559

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$559

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard 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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jon Keller Pathology · Palo Alto, CA	104	347
DIGNITY HEALTH	59	119
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, L.P.	40	106
SAN JOSE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P.	22	26
Rex Hsei Ophthalmology · Santa Cruz, CA	21	26
Neil Sawhney Interventional Cardiology · Santa Cruz, CA	19	30
Anna Kesler-Diaz Ophthalmology · Santa Cruz, CA	18	38
SCHMETZ, MARK	18	30
Thanh Vu Internal Medicine · Scotts Valley, CA	15	45
Nicole Surdock Podiatry · Watsonville, CA	15	35
HYLAND, THOMAS	14	21
Harrison Wang Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	14	16

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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