What is Samuel Houston's specialty?

Samuel Houston (NPI 1851533236) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Orlando, FL.

Where does Samuel Houston practice?

Samuel Houston practices in Orlando, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1851533236.

How much does Medicare pay Samuel Houston?

Samuel Houston (NPI 1851533236) received approximately $4.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,156 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851533236

Samuel HoustonMD

PRACTICEFLORIDA RETINA INSTITUTE JAMES A STAMAN MD LLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyOrlando, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,646

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

42,335

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,263 Ophthalmology providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 2,598).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

783

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$548K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

62.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Aflibercept158 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha138 claims

Prednisolone Acetate122 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat91 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate55 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

99.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$6K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$4K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$4K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Samuel Houston'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Main Line Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Bala Cynwyd, PA	33	34
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	30	47
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC	29	38
NPI 1356480289	22	22
Evan Weiss Anesthesiology · Philadelphia, PA	19	20
Margaret Diferdinand Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Philadelphia, PA	19	20
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	18	25
Richard Kaiser Ophthalmology · Plymouth Meeting, PA	14	24
Omesh Gupta Ophthalmology · Plymouth Meeting, PA	14	18
Miriam Zentner Anesthesiology · Philadelphia, PA	13	14
NPI 1275538902	12	23
Frederick Peterson Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Philadelphia, PA	11	14

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history