PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972503993

John KitchensM.D.

PRACTICERETINA AND VITREOUS ASSOCIATES OF KENTUCKY PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLexington, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,172

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

44,861

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 186 Ophthalmology providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 1,932).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

336

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$17K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Erythromycin Base78 claims

Difluprednate60 claims

Latanoprost55 claims

Timolol Maleate27 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$195K

Payment records

148

By payment type

Consulting Fee$97K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$85K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Honoraria$5K

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Kitchens'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). 32 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WOOD, WILLIAM	81	120
OUR LADY OF BELLEFONTE HOSPITAL INC	69	137
Belinda Shirkey Ophthalmology · Lexington, KY	48	67
New Lexington Clinic, Psc Clinical Laboratory · Lexington, KY	46	99
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	42	55
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	33	81
Jerod Darnell Podiatry · Ashland, KY	26	37
Robert Roach Diagnostic Radiology · Portsmouth, OH	22	40
John Gross Ophthalmology · Ashland, KY	21	46
Carter Gussler Ophthalmology · Ashland, KY	20	45
SOUTHERN OHIO MEDICAL CENTER	19	74
CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL INC	19	41

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history