Dr. Charles Wesley Flowers Jr., MD

Dr. Flowers practices at Mercy Eye Care Medical Group Inc in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Flowers' NPI, 1619991908, was assigned on July 27, 2006. Dr. Flowers graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in 1989. Dr. Flowers holds California license G70691.

Dr. Flowers' primary practice is Mercy Eye Care Medical Group Inc, at 1700 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (844) 211-5462.

Dr. Flowers' primary practice is Mercy Eye Care Medical Group Inc in Los Angeles, California. The medical group on file is USC Care Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Flowers to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Flowers practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Flowers' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Flowers is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Flowers' licenses on file in 4 states: California, Guam, Hawaii and Northern Mariana Islands.

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, cold sores or genital herpes, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation and eyelid inflammation among the conditions Dr. Flowers treats.

CMS data shows 2,207 Medicare services from Dr. Flowers across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 919 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $170,542 for them.

CMS counts 919 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Flowers in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 394 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.57, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Flowers' median patient age at 64, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Flowers wrote 2,295 Medicare Part D claims for 438 patients. 61% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,117 of them, across 32 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,216,707 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,524 claims across 26 drugs.

Dr. Flowers accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 57 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Flowers, more than 65% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 72 general payments to Dr. Flowers from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 84% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $2,035.

Dmand AI lists 27 awards for Dr. Flowers, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Flowers graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in 1989. Dr. Flowers is a member of AAO, ACS and ASCRS.

Dr. Flowers is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.