What is Charles Richards's specialty?

Charles Richards (NPI 1952315962) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Winston Salem, NC.

Where does Charles Richards practice?

Charles Richards practices in Winston Salem, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1952315962.

How much does Medicare pay Charles Richards?

Charles Richards (NPI 1952315962) received approximately $2.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 645 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1952315962

Charles RichardsMD

OphthalmologyWinston Salem, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,107

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

32,786

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.1M

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

658

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$32K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

9.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate275 claims

Ofloxacin122 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine107 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate31 claims

Bromfenac Sodium25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$461

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$461

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$461

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Charles Richards'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	117	539
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	64	228
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	37	151
Surgical Center Of Greensboro, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Greensboro, NC	23	48
THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION	19	87
Frank Moya Ophthalmology · Winston Salem, NC	18	29
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH	16	48
Piedmont Imaging Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Winston-Salem, NC	12	29
LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	11	34
Meridian Laboratory Corp Clinical Laboratory · Charlotte, NC	11	74

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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