PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801856943

Scott BuckMD

PRACTICENORTHWEST INDIANA EYE & LASER CENTER PCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyValparaiso, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,174

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,496

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$802K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 236 Ophthalmology providers in IN — top quintile (cohort median 2,608).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,267

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$47K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost588 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat163 claims

Timolol Maleate143 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate67 claims

Doxycycline Monohydrate64 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.2

Quality

74.2

Cost

71.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.26%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$540

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$540

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Scott Buck'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PORTER HOSPITAL LLC	334	1,126
LELAND, CINDY	74	197
Richard Carlson Optometry · Valparaiso, IN	62	119
Sandeep Sehgal Cardiology · Valparaiso, IN	25	57
Oren Carterman Anesthesiology · Knox, IN	25	57
FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT	24	40
Jeffrey Huth Diagnostic Radiology · Valparaiso, IN	22	48
WHEAT, MICHAEL	21	82
William Applegarth Dermatology · Valparaiso, IN	20	35
George Sloan Hematology-Oncology · Valparaiso, IN	18	162
Esther Lee Diagnostic Radiology · Valparaiso, IN	18	31
BUCK, STEPHEN	17	24

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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