Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski, MD

  • Asheville, NC
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1558781856PAC ID8527289859
Medicare services, 2024
66,807
Medicare patients, 2024
1,401
Part D claims, 2024
550
Publications
4
MIPS score, 2024
90
Practice address
8b Medical Park Drive, Asheville, NC 28803
Practice phone
Call (828) 210-2020
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Primary practice

Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr)

Surgery Center - Not Medicare-Certified · Asheville, North Carolina

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Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski is an ophthalmologist in Asheville, North Carolina

Dr. Komanski practices at Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr) in Asheville, North Carolina.

Dr. Komanski's NPI, 1558781856, was assigned on April 24, 2014. Dr. Komanski holds North Carolina license 201902519.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8527289859
NPI enumeration date
April 24, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(828) 210-2020
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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 Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski practices at 2 locations in Asheville, North Carolina

Dr. Komanski's primary practice is Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr), at 8b Medical Park Drive, Asheville, NC 28803. The practice phone is (828) 210-2020. Dr. Komanski also practices at Asheville Eye Associates PLLC, 8 Medical Park Dr, Asheville, NC 28803.

  • Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr)Primary
    8b Medical Park Drive, Asheville, NC 28803Phone(828) 210-2020
  • Asheville Eye Associates PLLC
    8 Medical Park Dr, Asheville, NC 28803 · Buncombe CountyPhone(828) 210-2020

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

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Komanski's primary practice is Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr) in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Komanski is also affiliated with Mission Hospital. The medical group on file is University of Utah Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Komanski to 3 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr)Available with a free account
+1 more site and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski is one of 552 ophthalmologists in North Carolina

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 201902519 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Utah licenseLicense 10658076-1205

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Komanski

Counts of ophthalmologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski billed Medicare for 66,807 services in 2024

CMS data shows 66,807 Medicare services from Dr. Komanski across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,401 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,915,031 for them.

Medicare services, 202466,807
Medicare patients1,401
Paid by Medicare$2.9M
Procedure codes17

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 32,3852024: 59,93085%
Tests and treatments
2023: 3,7682024: 4,57821%
Surgery
2023: 1,7552024: 2,05717%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2162024: 2233%
Imaging
2023: 142024: 1936%

Where Dr. Komanski's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office66,755100%
  • In a facility520%

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

  • Dr. Komanski
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
66,807vs 1,70139.3 times
Medicare patients
1,401vs 5662.5 times
Part D claims
506vs 62018% below

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

Dr. Komanski's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski treated 1,401 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 1,401 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Komanski in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 564 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.33, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Komanski's median patient age at 77, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,401
Average age77
Average risk score1.33
Also on Medicaid7%

Dr. Komanski's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Komanski's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women81558%
  • Men58642%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol74%
  3. Arthritis41%
  4. Diabetes33%
  5. Chronic kidney disease27%
  6. Ischemic heart disease23%
  7. Mood disorders23%
  8. Anxiety21%

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

Dr. Komanski's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 77

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men40%

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

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski wrote 550 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Komanski wrote 550 Medicare Part D claims for 152 patients. 62% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 506 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $19,527 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 304 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024550
Drugs named by CMS10
Total drug cost$19,527
Part D patients152

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

  • Generic343 claims62%
  • Brand-name207 claims38%

Dr. Komanski'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3042024: 50666%

Drugs named by CMS: 10 in 2024, 8 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. Christopher Bligh Komanski scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Komanski for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Komanski accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 14 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Komanski, more than 37% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Komanski's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 77.7of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Komanski ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
37th percentile14 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. Christopher Bligh Komanski has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Komanski in 2017. Dr. Komanski's most frequent co-authors are Paul S. Bernstein, Craig Michael Greven, MD and Addisu Mesfin, MD.

Papers4

Dr. Komanski's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Komanski

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

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski received $112,756 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 157 general payments to Dr. Komanski from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $104,780.

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

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

$112.8Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$90,59080%
  • Consulting fees$8,0737%
  • Food and beverage$6,5396%
  • Travel and lodging$6,0545%
  • Honoraria$1,5001%

Companies that paid Dr. Komanski 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

Sources for Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski'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 Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski's NPI number?

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski's NPI number is 1558781856. It was assigned on April 24, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski?

Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski is an ophthalmologist in Asheville, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski practice?

Dr. Komanski practices at 8b Medical Park Drive, Asheville, NC 28803. Dr. Komanski also practices at 8 Medical Park Dr, Asheville, NC 28803. Dr. Komanski's primary practice is Asheville Eye Surgery Center (Medical Park Dr) in Asheville, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Komanski to 3 medical groups.

What is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Komanski is (828) 210-2020.

What is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski's medical license number?

Dr. Komanski holds North Carolina license 201902519, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Komanski in North Carolina and Utah.

Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski affiliated with?

Dr. Komanski is affiliated with Mission Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski part of?

Dr. Komanski is linked to University of Utah Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Komanski to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Komanski billed Medicare for 66,807 services in 2024, and Dr. Komanski accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski's MIPS score?

Dr. Komanski's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski see?

CMS counts 1,401 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Komanski in 2024, with an average age of 77.

What services does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Komanski's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), eye exam or test (92134) and eye exam or test (92014).

What drugs does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Komanski's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Ketorolac Tromethamine and Timolol Maleate.

Has Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $112,756 in general payments to Dr. Komanski from 15 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Genentech, Inc.

How long has Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski been practicing?

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

Does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Komanski.

Who does Dr. Christopher Bligh Komanski publish with?

Dr. Komanski's most frequent co-authors are Paul S. Bernstein (1 shared paper), Craig Michael Greven, MD (1 shared paper) and Addisu Mesfin, MD (1 shared paper).

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