What is Ronald Kuffel's specialty?

Ronald Kuffel (NPI 1801895107) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Corpus Christi, TX.

Where does Ronald Kuffel practice?

Ronald Kuffel practices in Corpus Christi, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1801895107.

How much does Medicare pay Ronald Kuffel?

Ronald Kuffel (NPI 1801895107) received approximately $159K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 181 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801895107

Ronald KuffelM.D.

OphthalmologyCorpus Christi, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

663

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,162

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$125K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

451

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$14K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

5.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost189 claims

Prednisolone Acetate96 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl59 claims

Cyclopentolate Hcl27 claims

Timolol Maleate26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$125

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$125

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$125

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ronald Kuffel'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	41	133
Jacob Moore Ophthalmology · Corpus Christi, TX	21	70
BAY AREA HEALTHCARE GROUP, LTD.	14	17

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.

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