Dr. Maria Paula Fernandez, MD

Dr. Fernandez practices at Retina Consultants, Ltd in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Dr. Fernandez's NPI, 1235652207, was assigned on July 21, 2017. Dr. Fernandez holds Florida license ME149505.

Dr. Fernandez's primary practice is Retina Consultants, Ltd, at 2454 E Dempster St, Des Plaines, IL 60016 in Cook County. The practice phone is (847) 299-0700.

Dr. Fernandez's primary practice is Retina Consultants, Ltd in Des Plaines, Illinois. Dr. Fernandez is also affiliated with Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. The medical group on file is Sinai Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fernandez to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Fernandez practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 3,616 Medicare services from Dr. Fernandez across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 401 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $386,978 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 401 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fernandez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 167 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.54, 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. Fernandez's median patient age at 66, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Fernandez wrote 139 Medicare Part D claims for 52 patients. 64% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 79 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,010 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 51 claims across 4 drugs.

Dr. Fernandez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 22 general payments to Dr. Fernandez from 10 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $2,663.