PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1962432260

Michael LaiMD

PRACTICETHE RETINA GROUP OF WASHINGTON, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyChevy Chase, MDI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

6,353

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

34,145

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.6M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 447 Ophthalmology providers in MD — top quintile (cohort median 2,862).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

231

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$13K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate50 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine44 claims

Ofloxacin25 claims

Erythromycin Base21 claims

Latanoprost21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.1

Quality

99.5

Cost

77.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.76%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Lai'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	104	197
Friendship Ambulatory Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Chevy Chase, MD	40	126
LUCY WEBB HAYES NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEACONESSES & MISSIONARIE	38	72
SUBURBAN HOSPITAL, INC.	38	68
Alisa Kim Ophthalmology · Rockville, MD	31	102
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	31	83
David Warrow Ophthalmology · Hagerstown, MD	24	58
Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Hicksville, NY	18	44
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Chantilly, VA	17	21
Xiao Zhou Internal Medicine · Rockville, MD	17	33
Natasha Herz Ophthalmology · Rockville, MD	15	20
Gayatri Reilly Ophthalmology · Chevy Chase, MD	14	26

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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