What is Russell Read's specialty?

Russell Read (NPI 1770518474) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Birmingham, AL.

Where does Russell Read practice?

Russell Read practices in Birmingham, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770518474.

How much does Medicare pay Russell Read?

Russell Read (NPI 1770518474) received approximately $37K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 168 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770518474

Russell ReadMD

OphthalmologyBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

351

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

484

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$30K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 191 Ophthalmology providers in AL — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,895).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,321

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$295K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate425 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat257 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine257 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate196 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl190 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.7

Quality

79.8

Cost

70.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.41%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Russell Read'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). 2 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	47	124
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	42	135

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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