PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841271228

Brian GroatM.D.

PRACTICECAPE FEAR CATARACT AND CORNEA, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyWilmington, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,580

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,282

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$625K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 512 Ophthalmology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 2,093).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

979

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$717K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate368 claims

Loteprednol Etabonate98 claims

Ofloxacin97 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl59 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl49 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.2

Quality

100.0

Cost

57.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.51%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$324

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$324

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Groat'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). 16 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Wilmington Surgery Center, Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Wilmington, NC	145	376
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	76	203
KELLY, TIMOTHY	71	282
Erin Allen Anesthesiology Assistant · Savannah, GA	44	132
Mark Grieb Anesthesiology · Wilmington, NC	31	82
Edward Paul Optometry · Wilmington, NC	27	63
WATTS, LINDA	25	84
BEAN, VIRGIL	19	84
BISTARKEY, SUSAN	17	45
WEAVER, EDWARD	15	28
DAVIDSON, DWIGHT	14	47
Cheryl White Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Cary, NC	14	54

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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