What is Karim Samara's specialty?

Karim Samara (NPI 1700844420) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Jacksonville, FL.

Where does Karim Samara practice?

Karim Samara practices in Jacksonville, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1700844420.

How much does Medicare pay Karim Samara?

Karim Samara (NPI 1700844420) received approximately $365K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,536 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1700844420

Karim SamaraMD

PRACTICEATLANTIC EYE INSTITUTE P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyJacksonville, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,371

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,945

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$345K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,263 Ophthalmology providers in FL — above median (cohort median 2,598).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,320

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$181K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost897 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat222 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate218 claims

Timolol Maleate140 claims

Bimatoprost139 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

44.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$335

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$335

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$335

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karim Samara'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jacksonville Beach Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Jacksonville Beach, FL	131	255
Charles Lancaster Optometry · Jacksonville Beach, FL	51	101
Stefanie Garland Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Jacksonville, FL	42	66
Yousif Abubakr Hematology-Oncology · Jacksonville, FL	38	72
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Clinical Laboratory · Jacksonville, FL	35	113
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE GROUP INC	33	58
Bernhardt Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Jacksonville, FL	32	39
ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER INC	27	29
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	27	41
JOHNSON, PATSY	24	35
Efstratios Lagoutaris Podiatry · Jacksonville Beach, FL	24	58
Thomas Hilton Cardiology · Jacksonville Beach, FL	23	33

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.

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