PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841289154

John WellsMD

PRACTICEPALMETTO RETINA CENTER LLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyWest Columbia, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,901

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

47,868

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 262 Ophthalmology providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 3,252).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

448

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$24K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate157 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate67 claims

Timolol Maleate37 claims

Ofloxacin35 claims

Atropine Sulfate30 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Wells'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT INC	142	320
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	59	108
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	58	147
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	46	78
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, LLC	39	67
Robert Huff Ophthalmology · Columbia, SC	19	39
County Council For Richland County Ambulance Service Provider · Columbia, SC	17	25
KERSHAW HOSPITAL LLC	13	25
John Walters Ophthalmology · Lexington, SC	13	45
BELL, MYRON	12	25
Mark Keisler Ophthalmology · Lexington, SC	12	30
RATIGAN, THOMAS	12	26

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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