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Compare the published Medicare service mix of Palak Patel with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Ophthalmology.

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2024 published service data · 500 eligible profiles compared. This search reached its 500-profile comparison limit, using NPI order. Narrow the location for a more focused comparison. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Vikram Ettigounder Ponnusamy, MD

Ophthalmology · Orlando, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Repair of detached retina with drainage and removal of eye fluid between lens and retina (67108)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
72%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Jonathan William Brugger, M.D.

Ophthalmology · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Repair of detached retina with drainage and removal of eye fluid between lens and retina (67108)
  • Complex repair of detached retina and drainage of eye fluid between lens and retina (67113)
44%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Abdullah Abou-Samra, MD

Ophthalmology · Land O Lakes, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Repair of detached retina with drainage and removal of eye fluid between lens and retina (67108)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
41%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Remington Horesh, DO

Ophthalmology · The Villages, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Repair of detached retina with drainage and removal of eye fluid between lens and retina (67108)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
36%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Thomas Scott Shane, M.D.

Ophthalmology · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Repair of detached retina with drainage and removal of eye fluid between lens and retina (67108)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
29%Service-mix similarityView profile →

W J Knauer, MD

Ophthalmology · Jacksonville, FL

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
28%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Robert L Steinmetz, M.D.

Ophthalmology · Tallahassee, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
26%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Charles K Newell, M.D.

Ophthalmology · Tallahassee, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Repair of detached retina with drainage and removal of eye fluid between lens and retina (67108)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
26%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Thomas Alexander Weppelmann, MD, PHD, MPH

Ophthalmology · Tampa, FL

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
25%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Benjamin John Thomas, MD

Ophthalmology · Jacksonville, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Removal of membrane of retina with removal of internal limiting membrane of retina (67042)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
24%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Estuardo Alfonso Ponce, M.D.

Ophthalmology · Tarpon Springs, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Complex repair of detached retina and drainage of eye fluid between lens and retina (67113)
  • Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina (67036)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
23%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Casey Justin Beal, MD

Ophthalmology · Gainesville, FL

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more (99213)
23%Service-mix similarityView profile →
How this comparison works

We use the same calendar year of CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data for both providers. Published non-drug service counts are combined by HCPCS code across places of service. We apply log(1 + count), normalize the vectors, and compare them using cosine similarity.

Candidates share the reference provider’s current NPPES primary taxonomy and match the location you enter. We examine up to 500 candidates in NPI order, then show up to 12 with the highest positive similarity within that set. The score is not a percentile, medical recommendation, or prediction. Suppressed services are not estimated. Medicare fee-for-service data does not describe a provider’s entire practice.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service : 2024-12-01 · Published May 21, 2026.