PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780611269

Robert KerstenMD

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OphthalmologyDenver, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

966

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,117

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$96K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

103

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Erythromycin Base88 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.8

Quality

91.5

Cost

74.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$454

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$454

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert Kersten'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LLC	42	70
BLACK, KATE	36	52
Francis Grumbine Ophthalmology · Baltimore, MD	18	34
CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO	15	38
Willy Ching Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · San Francisco, CA	15	31
BOGETZ, MARTIN	15	35
Paul Wasserstein Pathology · Greenbrae, CA	14	29
MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL	13	52

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history