Dr. Emily Susan Birkholz, MD

Dr. Birkholz practices at Ophthalmology Associates of Mankato PA in Mankato, Minnesota.

Dr. Birkholz's NPI, 1336316108, was assigned on May 12, 2008. Dr. Birkholz graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2011. Dr. Birkholz holds Minnesota license 53782.

Dr. Birkholz's primary practice is Ophthalmology Associates of Mankato PA, at 1630 Adams St, Mankato, MN 56001 in Blue Earth County. The practice phone is (507) 345-6151.

Dr. Birkholz's primary practice is Ophthalmology Associates of Mankato PA in Mankato, Minnesota. Dr. Birkholz is also affiliated with Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. The medical group on file is Madelia Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Birkholz to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Ophthalmology is Dr. Birkholz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Birkholz's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Iowa.

CMS data shows 10,437 Medicare services from Dr. Birkholz across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,208 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,182,160 for them.

CMS counts 1,208 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Birkholz in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 483 patients. 71% of them have high cholesterol, and 68% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Birkholz's median patient age at 76, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Birkholz wrote 2,359 Medicare Part D claims for 487 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,280 of them, across 23 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $167,689 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,231 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Birkholz for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Birkholz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 416 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Birkholz, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Birkholz in 2015. The most frequent topics are Biopsy. Dr. Birkholz's most frequent co-authors are Vinit Bharati Mahajan, MD, PhD, Eric Nicholas Brown, MD, PhD and Karen M. Gehrs, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 49 general payments to Dr. Birkholz from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $449.

Dr. Birkholz graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2011.