PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730185182

Gary FosterM.D.

PRACTICESURGERY CENTER OF NORTHERN COLORADOSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyFort Collins, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,884

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,633

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$449K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 288 Ophthalmology providers in CO — above median (cohort median 1,772).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,168

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$72K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate377 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine258 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl209 claims

Ofloxacin160 claims

Bromfenac Sodium51 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.2

Quality

84.1

Cost

38.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.68%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$24K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$21K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gary Foster'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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Surgery Center Of Northern Colorado Ambulatory Surgical Center · Fort Collins, CO	495	1,257
SHEETS, SARAH	108	211
Troy Calabrese Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Fort Collins, CO	90	156
PETERSON, STEVEN	66	113
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF LARAMIE COUNTY	60	176
IVINSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	49	116
Terra Clapp Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Fort Collins, CO	42	71
Sue Lowe Optometry · Laramie, WY	35	100
WELLS, MARK	32	64
Horizon Laboratory Llc Clinical Laboratory · Loveland, CO	28	107
Joshua Lahiff Optometry · Fort Collins, CO	19	51
MCKEE MEDICAL CENTER	18	45

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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