What is Karl Pierce's specialty?

Karl Pierce (NPI 1720089592) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Austin, TX.

Where does Karl Pierce practice?

Karl Pierce practices in Austin, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720089592.

How much does Medicare pay Karl Pierce?

Karl Pierce (NPI 1720089592) received approximately $253K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,044 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720089592

Karl PierceMD

OphthalmologyAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,759

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,039

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$243K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,263

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$150K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Timolol Maleate186 claims

Latanoprost170 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine124 claims

Prednisolone Acetate119 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate114 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.2

Quality

94.5

Cost

77.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.68%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$195

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$195

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$195

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karl Pierce'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	175	332
Bailey Square Ambulatory Surgical Center, Ltd Ambulatory Surgical Center · Austin, TX	164	346
Laura Birnbaum Family Practice · Giddings, TX	39	100
ASCENSION SETON	16	23
Thomas Borgstedte Family Practice · La Grange, TX	14	26
Adam Schneider Internal Medicine · Austin, TX	12	21
Daniel Ladd Dermatology · Austin, TX	11	27
Long Cao Cardiology · Richmond, TX	11	20
SCOTT & WHITE HOSPITAL - ROUND ROCK	11	17
Meena Hahn Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Panorama City, CA	11	12

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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