Dr. Eric J. Areiter, MD

  • Laguna Hills, CA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1427496264PAC ID8426343740
Medicare services, 2024
1,577
Medicare patients, 2024
316
Part D claims, 2024
2,053
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
93
Practice address
24022 Calle De La Plata, #180, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Practice phone
Call (714) 458-3551
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Primary practice

Pacific Hills Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Laguna Hills, California

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Dr. Eric J. Areiter is an ophthalmologist in Laguna Hills, California

Dr. Areiter practices at Pacific Hills Surgery Center in Laguna Hills, California.

Dr. Areiter's NPI, 1427496264, was assigned on June 13, 2013. Dr. Areiter graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Areiter holds California license C198452.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8426343740
NPI enumeration date
June 13, 2013
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(714) 458-3551
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
39
Medical school graduation
2013

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Eric J. Areiter practices at Pacific Hills Surgery Center in Laguna Hills, California

Dr. Areiter's primary practice is Pacific Hills Surgery Center, at 24022 Calle De La Plata, #180, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. The practice phone is (714) 458-3551.

  • Pacific Hills Surgery Center
    24022 Calle De La Plata, #180, Laguna Hills, CA 92653Phone(714) 458-3551

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Eric J. Areiter is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 6 medical groups

Dr. Areiter's primary practice is Pacific Hills Surgery Center in Laguna Hills, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Areiter to 6 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Pacific Hills Surgery CenterSurgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Laguna Hills, CaliforniaPrimary
6 medical groupsNames with a free account2 group practices and clinicsNames with a free accountParent health systemName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Eric J. Areiter's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Areiter practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Pacific Hills Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 6 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Eric J. Areiter is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California

Ophthalmology is Dr. Areiter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Areiter is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense C198452 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Areiter

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Dr. Eric J. Areiter billed Medicare for 1,577 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,577 Medicare services from Dr. Areiter across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 316 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $216,716 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,577
Medicare patients316
Paid by Medicare$216,716
Procedure codes20

Dr. Areiter's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 6362024: 5769%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5122024: 5071%
Surgery
2023: 4332024: 4371%
Imaging
2023: 532024: 3632%
Other services
2023: 02024: 21

Where Dr. Areiter's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,21377%
  • In a facility36423%

Dr. Areiter compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Areiter
  • California median
Medicare services
1,577vs 1,07946% above
Medicare patients
316vs 42125% below
Part D claims
1,975vs 6183.2 times

Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Areiter's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Eric J. Areiter treated 316 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 316 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Areiter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 135 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.39, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Areiter's median patient age at 69, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024316
Average age76
Average risk score1.39
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Areiter's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Areiter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women17455%
  • Men14245%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Areiter's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Ischemic heart disease42%
  5. Diabetes41%
  6. Chronic kidney disease34%
  7. Anxiety27%
  8. COPD24%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Areiter's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men43%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Eric J. Areiter wrote 2,053 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Areiter wrote 2,053 Medicare Part D claims for 409 patients. 69% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,975 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $113,619 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,002 claims across 24 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,053
Drugs named by CMS21
Total drug cost$113,619
Part D patients409

Dr. Areiter's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,407 claims69%
  • Brand-name646 claims31%

Dr. Areiter's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,0022024: 1,97534%

Drugs named by CMS: 21 in 2024, 24 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Eric J. Areiter scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Areiter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Areiter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 232 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Areiter, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Areiter's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Areiter ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
86th percentile232 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Eric J. Areiter has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Areiter in 2016.

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Recent publications by Dr. Areiter

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Eric J. Areiter received $14,880 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 163 general payments to Dr. Areiter from 18 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Glaukos Corporation paid the most, $8,429.

General payments to Dr. Areiter by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Areiter by kind, 2017 to 2025

$14.9Kin total
  • Consulting fees$8,00054%
  • Food and beverage$5,53437%
  • Travel and lodging$8896%
  • Debt forgiveness$2972%
  • Other$1591%

Companies that paid Dr. Areiter the most, 2017 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Eric J. Areiter graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine

Dr. Areiter graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2013.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Eric J. Areiter's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Eric J. Areiter's NPI number?

Dr. Eric J. Areiter's NPI number is 1427496264. It was assigned on June 13, 2013, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Eric J. Areiter?

Dr. Eric J. Areiter is an ophthalmologist in Laguna Hills, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Eric J. Areiter practice?

Dr. Areiter practices at 24022 Calle De La Plata, #180, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. Dr. Areiter's primary practice is Pacific Hills Surgery Center in Laguna Hills, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Areiter to 6 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Eric J. Areiter's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Areiter is (714) 458-3551.

What is Dr. Eric J. Areiter's medical license number?

Dr. Areiter holds California license C198452.

Does Dr. Eric J. Areiter accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Areiter billed Medicare for 1,577 services in 2024, and Dr. Areiter accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Eric J. Areiter's MIPS score?

Dr. Areiter's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Eric J. Areiter see?

CMS counts 316 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Areiter in 2024, with an average age of 76.

What services does Dr. Eric J. Areiter bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Areiter's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: eye (66821) and eye exam or test (92020).

Where did Dr. Eric J. Areiter go to medical school?

Dr. Areiter graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2013.

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What drugs does Dr. Eric J. Areiter prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Areiter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Brimonidine Tartrate and Moxifloxacin.

Has Dr. Eric J. Areiter received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $14,880 in general payments to Dr. Areiter from 18 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Glaukos Corporation.

How long has Dr. Eric J. Areiter been practicing?

Dr. Areiter graduated from medical school in 2013, 13 years ago.

Does Dr. Eric J. Areiter do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Areiter.

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