PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942409909

Robert HowardM.D.

PRACTICEST LUKES SURGICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyTarpon Springs, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,259

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,071

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$460K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,263 Ophthalmology providers in FL — above median (cohort median 2,598).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,424

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

49.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate762 claims

Latanoprost619 claims

Cyclosporine198 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat180 claims

Timolol Maleate130 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert Howard'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
St Lukes Surgical Center Inc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Tarpon Springs, FL	56	158
MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC	38	69
James Gills Ophthalmology · Tarpon Springs, FL	19	60
Rachael Streeter Optometry · Tarpon Springs, FL	18	42
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	14	25
DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC MEDICAL GROUP INC.	11	60

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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ProviderScore

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