PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1992809941

Jeffrey NicholsM.D.

PRACTICEOPHTHALMIC SPECIALISTS GROUP, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyHomewood, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,316

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,564

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$92K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 667 Ophthalmology providers in IL — below median (cohort median 2,192).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

738

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$43K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost271 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl79 claims

Timolol Maleate60 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate52 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat43 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$517

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$517

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Jeffrey Nichols'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Thomas Patrianakos Ophthalmology · Chicago, IL	159	194
MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC	22	88
ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION	14	38
CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	12	28

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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