Stuart Carter, M.D.

2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cornea and external diseases specialist physician in 2024

2,868 Medicare Part D claims for 773 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,263 among the 330 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 37% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Moxifloxacin587 claims
2. Prednisolone Acetate449 claims
3. Latanoprost422 claims
4. Difluprednate204 claims
5. Lumigan162 claims
6. Timolol Maleate117 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

The practice group's Medicare quality score for 2023: 70.1 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $356.00

22 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 284 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,109.37 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Lehigh Valley Eye Center, P.C.Allentown, PA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.