What is Christopher Kullas's specialty?

Christopher Kullas (NPI 1871563429) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Bellingham, WA.

Where does Christopher Kullas practice?

Christopher Kullas practices in Bellingham, WA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871563429.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Kullas?

Christopher Kullas (NPI 1871563429) received approximately $144K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 588 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871563429

Christopher KullasMD

OphthalmologyBellingham, WAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,193

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,383

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$137K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 373 Ophthalmology providers in WA — below median (cohort median 2,090).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,505

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$161K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

36.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost372 claims

Timolol Maleate163 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate153 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat151 claims

Prednisolone Acetate99 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.5

Quality

100.0

Cost

78.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.78%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$166

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$166

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$166

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Kullas'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PEACEHEALTH	140	309
Whatcom Asc Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Bellingham, WA	122	221
Northwest Pathology Pllc Clinical Laboratory · Bellingham, WA	25	36
Kristin Colonna Optometry · Marysville, WA	25	30
Jared Blum Anesthesiology · Bellingham, WA	20	29
Peter Buetow Diagnostic Radiology · Bellingham, WA	18	24
Eric Subong Ophthalmology · Bellingham, WA	16	29
Gita Rabbani Diagnostic Radiology · Bellingham, WA	16	20
Mark Sheafor Podiatry · Bellingham, WA	16	28
Kathryn Cambron Diagnostic Radiology · Omaha, NE	14	16
Matthew Studley Diagnostic Radiology · Bellingham, WA	14	23
Michael Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Bellingham, WA	13	20

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.

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