What is Steven Nelson's specialty?

Steven Nelson (NPI 1861527046) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Portland, TX.

Where does Steven Nelson practice?

Steven Nelson practices in Portland, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1861527046.

How much does Medicare pay Steven Nelson?

Steven Nelson (NPI 1861527046) received approximately $306K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,207 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861527046

Steven NelsonO.D.

OptometryPortland, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,523

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,022

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$306K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,428 Optometry providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 186).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$602

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

0.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Nelson'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). 95 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Joseph Whitfield Physician Assistant · Corpus Christi, TX	129	150
Jo Koepsel Nurse Practitioner · Corpus Christi, TX	124	156
Corridor Medical Services Inc Portable X-Ray Supplier · New Braunfels, TX	87	265
NPI 1295736999	82	95
Rodolfo Bayardo Nurse Practitioner · Corpus Christi, TX	82	204
WILSON, ERMA	61	83
CUERO MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A.	46	97
Teresa Miller Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist · Horseshoe Bay, TX	45	63
Jerome Lee Sang Internal Medicine · Portland, TX	41	94
Joel Saldana Family Practice · Kenedy, TX	39	108
SAENZ, RAY	36	68
NORTH BAY GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC.	36	62

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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