What is Wayne Fuchs's specialty?

Wayne Fuchs (NPI 1720181316) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in New York, NY.

Where does Wayne Fuchs practice?

Wayne Fuchs practices in New York, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720181316.

How much does Medicare pay Wayne Fuchs?

Wayne Fuchs (NPI 1720181316) received approximately $1.9M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 710 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720181316

Wayne FuchsMD

OphthalmologyNew York, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,568

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

23,246

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.8M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,438 Ophthalmology providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 1,869).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

247

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$17K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost110 claims

Prednisolone Acetate30 claims

Timolol Maleate24 claims

Cyclosporine22 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.8

Quality

99.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.04%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$260

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$260

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$260

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Wayne Fuchs'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ENZO CLINICAL LABS, INC.	34	102
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	31	72
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL	29	83
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	19	32
Northwell Health Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · New Hyde Park, NY	18	66
Leona Chen Ophthalmology · New York, NY	16	42
Barry Chaiken Ophthalmology · New York, NY	16	22
Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Hicksville, NY	15	59
LENOX HILL HOSPITAL	15	22
Andrew Schwartz Ophthalmology · New York, NY	14	48
Ameripath New York Llc Clinical Laboratory · White Plains, NY	12	21
BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER	11	41

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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