Dr. Wright B. Lauten, MD

  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician
NPI1174781231PAC ID5395898548
Medicare services, 2024
214,930
Medicare patients, 2024
2,396
Part D claims, 2024
3,959
MIPS score, 2024
100
Industry payments
$688
Practice address
139 Fairfield Dr, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
Practice phone
Call (601) 450-2401
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Primary practice

Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Dr. Wright B. Lauten is a retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Dr. Lauten practices at Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Dr. Lauten's NPI, 1174781231, was assigned on May 27, 2008. Dr. Lauten holds Mississippi license 21600.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5395898548
NPI enumeration date
May 27, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(601) 450-2401
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
47
Medical school graduation
2005

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

Dr. Wright B. Lauten practices at Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Dr. Lauten's primary practice is Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC, at 139 Fairfield Dr, Hattiesburg, MS 39402 in Forrest County. The practice phone is (601) 450-2401.

  • Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC
    139 Fairfield Dr, Hattiesburg, MS 39402 · Forrest CountyPhone(601) 450-2401

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Wright B. Lauten is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Lauten's primary practice is Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lauten to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLCHattiesburg, MississippiPrimary
1 group practice or clinicName with a free account1 medical groupName with a free account
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Wright B. Lauten's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLCAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Wright B. Lauten is one of 11 retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Mississippi

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology), MississippiPrimaryLicense 21600 · taxonomy 207WX0107X
  • Alabama licenseLicense 29277
  • Ophthalmology, FloridaLicense ME109594 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians near Dr. Lauten

Counts of retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

11retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Mississippi
3retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Hattiesburg

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

Dr. Wright B. Lauten billed Medicare for 214,930 services in 2024

CMS data shows 214,930 Medicare services from Dr. Lauten across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,396 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $11,702,582 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024214,930
Medicare patients2,396
Paid by Medicare$11.7M
Procedure codes21

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 54,2992024: 184,911241%
Tests and treatments
2023: 16,0972024: 14,16312%
Surgery
2023: 9,6082024: 8,9377%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7,3122024: 6,8556%
Imaging
2023: 712024: 6410%

Dr. Lauten compared with the Mississippi median for retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Lauten
  • Mississippi median
Medicare services
214,930vs 19,17411.2 times
Medicare patients
2,396vs 1,0642.3 times
Part D claims
3,869vs 7325.3 times

Medians across 11 retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Mississippi with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lauten'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. Wright B. Lauten treated 2,396 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 2,396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lauten in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 944 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.47, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lauten's median patient age at 72, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 20242,396
Average age76
Average risk score1.47
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Lauten's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Lauten's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1,39258%
  • Men1,00442%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis52%
  4. Diabetes41%
  5. Ischemic heart disease38%
  6. Chronic kidney disease26%
  7. Anxiety25%
  8. Mood disorders24%

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

Dr. Lauten's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Wright B. Lauten wrote 3,959 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lauten wrote 3,959 Medicare Part D claims for 876 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,869 of them, across 24 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $221,561 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,217 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,959
Drugs named by CMS24
Total drug cost$221,561
Part D patients876

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

  • Generic2,561 claims65%
  • Brand-name1,398 claims35%

Dr. Lauten'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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Lauten's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%20 of 3,959 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 4,2172024: 3,8698%

Drugs named by CMS: 24 in 2024, 26 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. Wright B. Lauten 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. Lauten for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lauten accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Lauten's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

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

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Dr. Wright B. Lauten received $688 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 16 general payments to Dr. Lauten from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $606.

General payments to Dr. Lauten by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Lauten by kind, 2016 to 2025

$688in total
  • Food and beverage$67498%
  • Education$142%

Companies that paid Dr. Lauten the most, 2016 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. Wright B. Lauten is board certified in ophthalmology

  1. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Wright B. Lauten'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
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. Wright B. Lauten's NPI number?

Dr. Wright B. Lauten's NPI number is 1174781231. It was assigned on May 27, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Wright B. Lauten?

Dr. Wright B. Lauten is a retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (taxonomy code 207WX0107X).

Where does Dr. Wright B. Lauten practice?

Dr. Lauten practices at 139 Fairfield Dr, Hattiesburg, MS 39402. Dr. Lauten's primary practice is Hattiesburg Surgery Center, LLC in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lauten to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Wright B. Lauten's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lauten is (601) 450-2401.

What is Dr. Wright B. Lauten's medical license number?

Dr. Lauten holds Mississippi license 21600, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Wright B. Lauten been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Lauten in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

Does Dr. Wright B. Lauten accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lauten billed Medicare for 214,930 services in 2024, and Dr. Lauten accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Wright B. Lauten's MIPS score?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Wright B. Lauten see?

CMS counts 2,396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lauten in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Wright B. Lauten board certified?

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

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What services does Dr. Wright B. Lauten bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lauten's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), injected or infused drug (J2778) and eye exam or test (92134).

What drugs does Dr. Wright B. Lauten prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lauten's most prescribed drugs by claims were Timolol Maleate, Fluorometholone and Latanoprost.

Has Dr. Wright B. Lauten received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $688 in general payments to Dr. Lauten from 4 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Wright B. Lauten been practicing?

Dr. Lauten graduated from medical school in 2005, 21 years ago.

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