What is Joel Cohen's specialty?

Joel Cohen (NPI 1700874518) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Houston, TX.

Where does Joel Cohen practice?

Joel Cohen practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1700874518.

How much does Medicare pay Joel Cohen?

Joel Cohen (NPI 1700874518) received approximately $1.2M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,219 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1700874518

Joel CohenM.D.

OphthalmologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,575

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,975

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.1M

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,171

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

46.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost1,252 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat705 claims

Prednisolone Acetate504 claims

Bimatoprost468 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl370 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$771

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$771

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$771

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joel Cohen'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). 39 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTH CYPRESS MEDICAL CENTER OPERATING COMPANY, LTD.	350	1,430
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	180	419
Thomas Markus Optometry · Houston, TX	64	147
Ronald Taylor Internal Medicine · Cypress, TX	37	109
Frederick Rushford Endocrinology · Cypress, TX	35	101
Harpaul Gill Neurology · Cypress, TX	31	64
NEW MEDICAL HORIZONS II, LTD.	29	54
Dileep Puppala Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	27	80
Luis Vaca Diagnostic Radiology · Ocala, FL	24	33
Huy Nguyen Internal Medicine · Cypress, TX	20	84
Stanley Duchman Interventional Cardiology · Houston, TX	20	57
Maria Payan Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	19	37

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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