What is Michael Samuel's specialty?

Michael Samuel (NPI 1730175670) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Palm Desert, CA.

Where does Michael Samuel practice?

Michael Samuel practices in Palm Desert, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730175670.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Samuel?

Michael Samuel (NPI 1730175670) received approximately $1.6M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 944 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730175670

Michael SamuelM.D.

OphthalmologyPalm Desert, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,401

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

11,918

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.5M

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

1,454

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$23K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

6.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost514 claims

Prednisolone Acetate281 claims

Ofloxacin219 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate118 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine104 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%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$467

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$467

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$467

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Samuel'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER	259	1,405
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	71	191
Renaissance Asc, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Palm Desert, CA	64	268
Raul Mancilla Optometry · Imperial, CA	51	89
Reid Wainess Ophthalmology · Arcadia, CA	29	69
PIONEERS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT	28	82
DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	22	58
Eric Sontz Cardiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	20	105
PASADENA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, LTD	19	58
Bayani Evangelista Diagnostic Radiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	19	30
SPECTRA LABORATORIES INC	16	139
LANGFORD, PAUL	16	66

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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