PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932177953

Richard AkersM.D.

PRACTICEMORGANTON EYE PHYSICIANS, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyMorganton, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,090

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,347

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$123K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 512 Ophthalmology providers in NC — below median (cohort median 2,093).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,135

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$158K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

43.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost261 claims

Prednisolone Acetate140 claims

Diclofenac Sodium130 claims

Polymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim105 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol82 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.8

Quality

84.6

Cost

77.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$18

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$18

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Akers'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BEAUFORT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	295	776
ATLANTIC OPHTHALMOLOGY PC	98	282
Clyde Blalock Diagnostic Radiology · Beaufort, SC	49	97
Kenneth Evec Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Beaufort, SC	33	103
William Jackson Diagnostic Radiology · Beaufort, SC	33	66
Stuart Smalheiser Cardiology · Beaufort, SC	30	78
Nicholas Dardes Internal Medicine · Beaufort, SC	28	88
KESSEL, STEVEN	26	57
Philip Cusumano Internal Medicine · Beaufort, SC	26	57
Fletcher Derrick Internal Medicine · Beaufort, SC	23	39
Don Christian Otolaryngology · Beaufort, SC	18	43
John Adams Urology · Charleston, SC	17	39

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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