PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851545677

Joshua HicksM.D.

OphthalmologyBristol, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,471

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,070

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$335K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 326 Ophthalmology providers in TN — above median (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,734

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$206K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

43.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Moxifloxacin Hcl972 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine858 claims

Prednisolone Acetate834 claims

Latanoprost595 claims

Erythromycin Base416 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.2

Quality

94.4

Cost

76.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.93%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$446

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$446

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joshua Hicks'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). 24 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Mountain Empire Cataract & Eye Surgery Center Ambulatory Surgical Center · Bristol, TN	282	1,210
Lynn Couch Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Bristol, TN	196	693
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM	123	239
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	98	385
Anita Keene Optometry · Marion, VA	57	201
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	42	113
Lucas Spiker Optometry · Marion, VA	39	135
Mary King Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Bristol, TN	33	85
SMYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	25	127
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	16	34
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM	16	29
Terence Casey Pathology · New Orleans, LA	15	28

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history