Dr. Alexander C. Barnes, MD

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1538587936PAC ID7012268683
Medicare services, 2024
16,462
Medicare patients, 2024
931
Part D claims, 2024
577
Publications
7
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
2325 W Arbors Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262
Practice phone
Call (704) 295-3500
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Primary practice

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Dr. Alexander C. Barnes is an ophthalmologist in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Barnes practices at Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Barnes' NPI, 1538587936, was assigned on April 2, 2014. Dr. Barnes graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Barnes holds North Carolina license 2024-00263.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7012268683
NPI enumeration date
April 2, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(704) 295-3500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
38
Medical school graduation
2014

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

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes practices at Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Barnes' primary practice is Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA, at 2325 W Arbors Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (704) 295-3500.

  • Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA
    2325 W Arbors Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262 · Mecklenburg CountyPhone(704) 295-3500

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

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Barnes' primary practice is Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Barnes is also affiliated with Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. The medical group on file is Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates (CEENTA). Dmand AI also links Dr. Barnes to 1 more group practice or clinic, named 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. Alexander C. Barnes' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Barnes practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PAAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Alexander C. Barnes is one of 552 ophthalmologists in North Carolina

Ophthalmology is Dr. Barnes' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Barnes' licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and Florida.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2024-00263 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology), FloridaLicense ME144114 · taxonomy 207WX0107X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Barnes

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

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes billed Medicare for 16,462 services in 2024

CMS data shows 16,462 Medicare services from Dr. Barnes across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 931 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,194,550 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202416,462
Medicare patients931
Paid by Medicare$1.2M
Procedure codes20

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 10,7542024: 12,78919%
Tests and treatments
2023: 3,8802024: 2,11346%
Surgery
2023: 1,3172024: 76642%
Other services
2023: 7402024: 43541%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,3912024: 32976%
Imaging
2023: 332024: 309%

Dr. Barnes compared with the North Carolina median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Barnes
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
16,462vs 1,7019.7 times
Medicare patients
931vs 56664% above
Part D claims
502vs 62019% below

Medians across 580 ophthalmologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Barnes' 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. Alexander C. Barnes treated 931 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 931 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Barnes in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 364 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.59, 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. Barnes' median patient age at 69, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024931
Average age77
Average risk score1.59
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Barnes' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Barnes' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women55359%
  • Men37841%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Barnes' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Ischemic heart disease39%
  5. Diabetes36%
  6. Chronic kidney disease34%
  7. Atrial fibrillation23%
  8. Anxiety22%

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

Dr. Barnes' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men45%

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

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes wrote 577 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Barnes wrote 577 Medicare Part D claims for 214 patients. 59% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 502 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $97,856 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 772 claims across 12 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024577
Drugs named by CMS10
Total drug cost$97,856
Part D patients214

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

  • Generic338 claims59%
  • Brand-name239 claims41%

Dr. Barnes' 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: 7722024: 50235%

Drugs named by CMS: 10 in 2024, 12 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. Alexander C. Barnes 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. Barnes for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Barnes accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Barnes' 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.

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

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. Alexander C. Barnes has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Barnes, published from 2020 to 2021. 2020 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Visual Acuity, Macular Degeneration and Multimodal Imaging. Dr. Barnes has published most often in Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. Dr. Barnes' most frequent co-authors are Joseph Stephen Christiansen, MD, Chris Sheldon Bergstrom, MD and Duncan Eaves Berry, MD.

Papers7
Years published2020 to 2021

Topics Dr. Barnes writes about most

  • Visual Acuity
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence

Dr. Barnes' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Barnes

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

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes received $5,227 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 97 general payments to Dr. Barnes from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $2,411.

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

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

$5.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,05258%
  • Travel and lodging$2,17642%

Companies that paid Dr. Barnes 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. Alexander C. Barnes graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine

Dr. Barnes graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2014.

  1. Medical schoolTufts University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Alexander C. Barnes'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)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. Alexander C. Barnes' NPI number?

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes' NPI number is 1538587936. It was assigned on April 2, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Alexander C. Barnes?

Dr. Alexander C. Barnes is an ophthalmologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes practice?

Dr. Barnes practices at 2325 W Arbors Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262. Dr. Barnes' primary practice is Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Barnes to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Alexander C. Barnes' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Barnes is (704) 295-3500.

What is Dr. Alexander C. Barnes' medical license number?

Dr. Barnes holds North Carolina license 2024-00263, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Alexander C. Barnes been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Barnes in North Carolina and Florida.

Which hospitals is Dr. Alexander C. Barnes affiliated with?

Dr. Barnes is affiliated with Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Alexander C. Barnes part of?

Dr. Barnes is linked to Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates (CEENTA).

Does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Barnes billed Medicare for 16,462 services in 2024, and Dr. Barnes accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Alexander C. Barnes' MIPS score?

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

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes see?

CMS counts 931 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Barnes in 2024, with an average age of 77.

What services does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes bill to Medicare?

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

Where did Dr. Alexander C. Barnes go to medical school?

Dr. Barnes graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2014.

What drugs does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Barnes' most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Ketorolac Tromethamine.

Has Dr. Alexander C. Barnes received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,227 in general payments to Dr. Barnes from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Alexander C. Barnes been practicing?

Dr. Barnes graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.

Does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Dr. Barnes, published from 2020 to 2021.

Who does Dr. Alexander C. Barnes publish with?

Dr. Barnes' most frequent co-authors are Joseph Stephen Christiansen, MD (2 shared papers), Chris Sheldon Bergstrom, MD (1 shared paper) and Duncan Eaves Berry, MD (1 shared paper).

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