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

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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OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history