What is Charles Schaffer's specialty?

Charles Schaffer (NPI 1962435818) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Las Cruces, NM.

Where does Charles Schaffer practice?

Charles Schaffer practices in Las Cruces, NM, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1962435818.

How much does Medicare pay Charles Schaffer?

Charles Schaffer (NPI 1962435818) received approximately $224K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,033 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1962435818

Charles SchafferM.D.

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OphthalmologyLas Cruces, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,136

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,616

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$219K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 69 Ophthalmology providers in NM — above median (cohort median 2,264).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,516

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$165K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost459 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat310 claims

Timolol Maleate267 claims

Prednisolone Acetate80 claims

Bromfenac Sodium74 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.7

Quality

84.9

Cost

77.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$170

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$170

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$170

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Charles Schaffer'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1245233923	176	280
SMI IMAGING, LLC	42	71
Christopher Stalberg Internal Medicine · Paradise Valley, AZ	42	111
CHARNEY, ALBERT	37	46
AUPPERLE, PAUL	32	52
BALLECER, CONRADO	28	33
Amardeep Majhail Internal Medicine · Surprise, AZ	25	48
Constantin Siclovan Internal Medicine · Surprise, AZ	25	40
Raghav Mohindra Internal Medicine · Prescott Valley, AZ	24	61
Raymond Nierva Anesthesiology · Phoenix, AZ	22	28
MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA	21	37
Scott Agran Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	20	27

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.

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