PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861484487

Russell HughesO.D.

PRACTICEDR RUSSELL A HUGHES OPTOMETRIST PASee all providers at this practice →

OptometryHayesville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,809

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,577

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$96K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 983 Optometry providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 605).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

656

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$28K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost322 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat87 claims

Timolol Maleate74 claims

Bimatoprost31 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha27 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

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Russell Hughes'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC	81	174
UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	68	132
Brian Mitchell Internal Medicine · Murphy, NC	45	154
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	35	67
Samuel Church Family Practice · Hiawassee, GA	31	121
MCINTIRE, JEFFREY	30	45
Daniel Stroup Family Practice · Hayesville, NC	29	101
Robert Stahlkuppe Family Practice · Hiawassee, GA	27	72
HIAWASSEE FAMILY PRACTICE P C	25	48
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	23	53
Robert Berger Diagnostic Radiology · Clayton, GA	23	48
Michael Reynaud Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Murphy, NC	21	64

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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