What is Karl Ermis's specialty?

Karl Ermis (NPI 1972509461) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in El Campo, TX.

Where does Karl Ermis practice?

Karl Ermis practices in El Campo, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972509461.

How much does Medicare pay Karl Ermis?

Karl Ermis (NPI 1972509461) received approximately $72K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 756 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972509461

Karl ErmisO.D.

OptometryEl Campo, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,242

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,366

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$71K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,428 Optometry providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 186).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,336

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$113K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost505 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate179 claims

Bimatoprost125 claims

Timolol Maleate97 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat48 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.8

Quality

81.5

Cost

76.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$650

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$650

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$650

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karl Ermis'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
EL CAMPO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	137	203
MID COAST MEDICAL CENTER - TRINITY	132	223
DUQUE, CARLOS	55	102
Tom Baccam Family Practice · El Campo, TX	48	113
COCHRAN, RONALD	46	53
Patrick Johnson Family Practice · El Campo, TX	37	64
ZORRILLA, CARLOS	35	72
Charles Fillingane Family Practice · Maryville, MO	24	55
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	23	28
George Hanna Cardiology · Bay City, TX	20	49
Michael Caplan Ophthalmology · Houston, TX	19	26
Richard Kobylar Podiatry · Bay City, TX	17	24

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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