What is Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin's specialty?

Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin (NPI 1932110475) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Los Angeles, CA.

Where does Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin practice?

Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin practices in Los Angeles, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1932110475.

How much does Medicare pay Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin?

Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin (NPI 1932110475) received approximately $123K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 842 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932110475

Meryl Shapiro-TuchinMD

OphthalmologyLos Angeles, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,396

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,519

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$105K

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

1,103

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$280K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost226 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate114 claims

Erythromycin Base114 claims

Timolol Maleate88 claims

Cyclosporine88 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.3

Quality

79.0

Cost

71.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.48%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Joseph Caprioli Ophthalmology · Los Angeles, CA	37	65
REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF CALIFORNIA	27	44
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	18	39
Donald Roback Diagnostic Radiology · Manhattan Beach, CA	16	30
LEVINSON, RALPH	14	36
Benjamin Plotkin Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	13	27

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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