What is Deborah Distefano's specialty?

Deborah Distefano (NPI 1932172558) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Chattanooga, TN.

Where does Deborah Distefano practice?

Deborah Distefano practices in Chattanooga, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1932172558.

How much does Medicare pay Deborah Distefano?

Deborah Distefano (NPI 1932172558) received approximately $223K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 463 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932172558

Deborah DistefanoMD

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OphthalmologyChattanooga, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,200

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,915

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$194K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 326 Ophthalmology providers in TN — below median (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,732

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$378K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha290 claims

Latanoprost272 claims

Prednisolone Acetate222 claims

Ofloxacin191 claims

Cyclosporine160 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

Total received

$631

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$631

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$631

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Deborah Distefano'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC.	78	128
Courtney Ridner Ophthalmology · Chattanooga, TN	42	57
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	33	47
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	19	32
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	15	26
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS	15	28
PARKRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	13	15
MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC.	13	15
Terence Casey Pathology · New Orleans, LA	11	16

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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