What is Michel Shami's specialty?

Michel Shami (NPI 1780683227) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Lubbock, TX.

Where does Michel Shami practice?

Michel Shami practices in Lubbock, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1780683227.

How much does Medicare pay Michel Shami?

Michel Shami (NPI 1780683227) received approximately $2.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,109 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780683227

Michel ShamiM.D.

OphthalmologyLubbock, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,415

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

39,154

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,238 Ophthalmology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,864).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

971

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$42K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Dorzolamide Hcl227 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate169 claims

Prednisolone Acetate139 claims

Tobramycin/Dexamethasone111 claims

Latanoprost79 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.2

Quality

82.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

96.0

Payment adjustment

0.60%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$995

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$995

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$995

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michel Shami'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). 40 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LUBBOCK HERITAGE HOSPITAL, LLC.	75	186
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	37	78
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	37	76
METHODIST HOSPITAL PLAINVIEW TEXAS	32	112
Alan Row Ophthalmology · Lubbock, TX	31	68
LUBBOCK RADIOLOGY LP	28	57
KOPP, DOUGLAS	26	82
Sergei Gromov Anesthesiology · Lubbock, TX	26	56
Bhupesh Dihenia Neurology · Lubbock, TX	24	76
Steven White Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	23	48
Gregory Poe Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	21	45
METHODIST HOSPITAL LEVELLAND	21	47

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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