Dr. Ryan Alan Shields, MD

  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician
NPI1255726618PAC ID2567705783
Medicare services, 2024
36,623
Medicare patients, 2024
990
Part D claims, 2024
550
Publications
24
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
6333 N Federal Hwy Ste 300 Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Practice phone
Call (954) 776-6880
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Primary practice

Retina Group Of Florida

Eye care practice · Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Dr. Ryan Alan Shields is a retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dr. Shields practices at Retina Group Of Florida in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Dr. Shields' NPI, 1255726618, was assigned on April 2, 2015. Dr. Shields graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2015. Dr. Shields holds Florida license ME148306.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2567705783
NPI enumeration date
April 2, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(954) 776-6880
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

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

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields practices at Retina Group of Florida in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dr. Shields' primary practice is Retina Group of Florida, at 6333 N Federal Hwy Ste 300 Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308. The practice phone is (954) 776-6880.

  • Retina Group of Florida
    6333 N Federal Hwy Ste 300 Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308Phone(954) 776-6880

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Dr. Ryan Alan Shields is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Shields' primary practice is Retina Group Of Florida in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shields to 1 medical group, named with a free account.

Retina Group Of FloridaEye care practice · Fort Lauderdale, FloridaPrimary
1 medical groupName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ryan Alan Shields' practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Retina Group Of FloridaAvailable with a free account
+1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Ryan Alan Shields is one of 104 retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Florida

Retina specialist is Dr. Shields' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0107X. Dr. Shields is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Shields' licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, Michigan and California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology), FloridaPrimaryLicense ME148306 · 2020 to 2027 · taxonomy 207WX0107X
  • Michigan license2019 to 2023
  • California license2016 to 2020

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, dry eye, eyelid inflammation, glaucoma, hypertensive retinopathy and inflammation of iris among the conditions Dr. Shields treats.

Retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians near Dr. Shields

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields billed Medicare for 36,623 services in 2024

CMS data shows 36,623 Medicare services from Dr. Shields across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 990 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,726,340 for them.

Medicare services, 202436,623
Medicare patients990
Paid by Medicare$2.7M
Procedure codes22

Dr. Shields' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 24,9522024: 30,83624%
Tests and treatments
2023: 3,3892024: 3,72910%
Surgery
2023: 1,5282024: 1,5512%
Other services
2023: 2832024: 2608%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4012024: 23242%
Imaging
2023: 152024: 15No change

Where Dr. Shields' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office36,571100%
  • In a facility520%

Dr. Shields compared with the Florida median for retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Shields
  • Florida median
Medicare services
36,623vs 19,26090% above
Medicare patients
990vs 70740% above
Part D claims
484vs 39921% above

Medians across 103 retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Shields' 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. Ryan Alan Shields treated 990 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 79

CMS counts 990 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shields in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 395 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% 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. Shields' median patient age at 73, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 2024990
Average age79
Average risk score1.57
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Shields' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Shields' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women56557%
  • Men42543%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Shields' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis56%
  4. Ischemic heart disease43%
  5. Chronic kidney disease33%
  6. Diabetes30%
  7. Anxiety26%
  8. Atrial fibrillation26%

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

Dr. Shields' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields wrote 550 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Shields wrote 550 Medicare Part D claims for 244 patients. 63% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 484 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $26,248 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 563 claims across 11 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024550
Drugs named by CMS12
Total drug cost$26,248
Part D patients244

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

  • Generic347 claims63%
  • Brand-name203 claims37%

Dr. Shields' 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: 5632024: 48414%

Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 11 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. Ryan Alan Shields scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Shields for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Shields accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 19 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Shields, more than 43% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Shields' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 99of 100Quality
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Shields ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
43rd percentile19 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. Ryan Alan Shields has 24 publications on record

Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. Shields, published from 2018 to 2025. 2021 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Vitrectomy, Visual Acuity and Vitreous Body. Dr. Shields has published most often in Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. Dr. Shields' most frequent co-authors are Tarek Shawky Hassan, MD, Darius Mohammad Moshfeghi, MD and Jeremy D. Wolfe, MD.

Papers24
Years published2018 to 2025

Dr. Shields' papers by year, 2018 to 2025

Topics Dr. Shields writes about most

  • Vitrectomy
  • Visual Acuity
  • Vitreous Body
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Eye Diseases
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Endophthalmitis

Dr. Shields' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Shields

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

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields received $10,224 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 141 general payments to Dr. Shields from 30 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $3,289.

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

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

$10.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,29071%
  • Consulting fees$2,11521%
  • Travel and lodging$8198%

Companies that paid Dr. Shields 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. Ryan Alan Shields has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Shields.

Awards and honors for Dr. Shields

  1. Undated
    • AOA Inductee 2011

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University

Dr. Shields graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2015.

  1. Medical schoolNortheast Ohio Medical University
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Shields is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Health Alliance Plan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Cigna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +8 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Shields accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare10
  3. HMO9
  4. POS7
  5. EPO5

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ryan Alan Shields'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 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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Ryan Alan Shields' NPI number?

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields' NPI number is 1255726618. It was assigned on April 2, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ryan Alan Shields?

Dr. Ryan Alan Shields is a retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (taxonomy code 207WX0107X).

Where does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields practice?

Dr. Shields practices at 6333 N Federal Hwy Ste 300 Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308. Dr. Shields' primary practice is Retina Group Of Florida in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shields to 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Ryan Alan Shields' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Shields is (954) 776-6880.

What is Dr. Ryan Alan Shields' medical license number?

Dr. Shields holds Florida license ME148306, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Ryan Alan Shields been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Shields in Florida (2020 to 2027), Michigan (2019 to 2023) and California (2016 to 2020).

Does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shields billed Medicare for 36,623 services in 2024, and Dr. Shields accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Ryan Alan Shields' MIPS score?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields see?

CMS counts 990 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shields in 2024, with an average age of 79.

Is Dr. Ryan Alan Shields board certified?

Yes. Dr. Shields is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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What services does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Shields' most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), eye exam or test (92134) and injected or infused drug (J0178).

Where did Dr. Ryan Alan Shields go to medical school?

Dr. Shields graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2015.

What drugs does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shields' most prescribed drugs by claims were Tobramycin-Dexamethasone, Prednisolone Acetate and Difluprednate.

Has Dr. Ryan Alan Shields received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $10,224 in general payments to Dr. Shields from 30 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Genentech, Inc.

How long has Dr. Ryan Alan Shields been practicing?

Dr. Shields graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

Does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields do research?

Dmand AI links 24 publications to Dr. Shields, published from 2018 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields publish with?

Dr. Shields' most frequent co-authors are Tarek Shawky Hassan, MD (5 shared papers), Darius Mohammad Moshfeghi, MD (5 shared papers) and Jeremy D. Wolfe, MD (5 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Ryan Alan Shields accept?

Dr. Shields is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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