PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720157142

Michael GoldbaumM.D.

OphthalmologyLa Jolla, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

744

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,549

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$212K

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

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

62.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat18 claims

Difluprednate11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

73.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Goldbaum'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	90	556
Robert Weinreb Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	21	92
Christopher Heichel Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	12	43
Frank Tsai Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	11	38

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history