PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861416802

Sam NikouMD

PRACTICEORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY SPECIALISTS BURBANKSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyGlendale, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

593

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

663

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$38K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

972

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$354K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Cyclosporine340 claims

Cyclosporine173 claims

Lifitegrast72 claims

Bimatoprost66 claims

Tobramycin/Dexamethasone54 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$362

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$362

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sam Nikou'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). 25 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	69	148
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE	64	170
Med Science Center Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Glendale, CA	56	182
Biocorp Clinical Lab Inc Clinical Laboratory · Whittier, CA	38	158
Chevy Chase Ambulatory Center Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Glendale, CA	29	77
21st Century Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Burbank, CA	26	82
Herach Yadegarian General Practice · Glendale, CA	25	96
ALLSTATE INVESTMENT REALTY INC	22	39
Don Lee Interventional Cardiology · Glendale, CA	19	44
Ferdinant Saran Geriatric Medicine · Glendale, CA	19	39
Primex Clinical Laboratories Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Van Nuys, CA	18	51
Saro Avakian Family Practice · Glendale, CA	18	65

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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OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history