PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1700812997

Lawrence ChaoMD

OphthalmologyIrvine, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,594

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,876

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$231K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

697

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$150K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Ofloxacin209 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine207 claims

Loteprednol Etabonate105 claims

Cyclosporine70 claims

Cyclosporine51 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

79.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$311

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Lawrence Chao'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Surgicare Of La Veta Ltd. Ambulatory Surgical Center · Irvine, CA	106	190
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	65	127
Joseph Mollner Anesthesiology · Irvine, CA	54	83
Timothy You Ophthalmology · Santa Ana, CA	17	20
Tan Le Anesthesiology · Santa Ana, CA	14	29
HILL, RICHARD	13	18
Omid Vesal Internal Medicine · Irvine, CA	12	30
SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	11	15

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