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Dr. Lance John Kugler, MD
NPI1255370466PAC ID4385689256
- Medicare services, 2024
- 612
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 79
- Part D claims, 2024
- 14
- Publications
- 4
- Clinical trials
- 1
- Practice address
- 17838 Burke St Ste 100, Omaha, NE 68118
- Practice phone
- Call (402) 558-2211
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Kugler Vision
Surgery Center - Not Medicare-Certified · Omaha, Nebraska
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Dr. Lance John Kugler is an ophthalmologist in Omaha, Nebraska
Dr. Kugler practices at Kugler Vision in Omaha, Nebraska.
Dr. Kugler's NPI, 1255370466, was assigned on June 5, 2006. Dr. Kugler graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2001. Dr. Kugler holds Nebraska license NE23266.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1255370466NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4385689256
- NPI enumeration date
- June 5, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (402) 558-2211
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 51
- Medical school graduation
- 2001
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Lance John Kugler practices at Kugler Vision in Omaha, Nebraska
Dr. Kugler's primary practice is Kugler Vision, at 17838 Burke St Ste 100, Omaha, NE 68118. The practice phone is (402) 558-2211.
- Kugler Vision17838 Burke St Ste 100, Omaha, NE 68118Phone(402) 558-2211
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Lance John Kugler is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Kugler's primary practice is Kugler Vision in Omaha, Nebraska. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kugler to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Kugler's employer is on file too: a surgery center (asc).
Kugler VisionPrimary
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Lance John Kugler's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kugler practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Kugler Vision | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Lance John Kugler is one of 119 ophthalmologists in Nebraska
Ophthalmology is Dr. Kugler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Kugler is licensed in Nebraska.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, NebraskaPrimary
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Kugler
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Lance John Kugler billed Medicare for 612 services in 2024
CMS data shows 612 Medicare services from Dr. Kugler across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 79 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,429 for them.
Medicare services, 2024612
Medicare patients79
Paid by Medicare$60,429
Procedure codes9
Dr. Kugler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1612024: 22741%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1932024: 15619%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1162024: 9122%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 86
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 912024: 5243%
Where Dr. Kugler's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office56392%
- In a facility498%
Dr. Kugler compared with the Nebraska median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Kugler
- Nebraska median
- Medicare services
- 612vs 2,14972% below
- Medicare patients
- 79vs 68288% below
- Part D claims
- 127vs 66781% below
Medians across 112 ophthalmologists in Nebraska with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kugler'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. Lance John Kugler treated 79 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 79 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kugler in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 46 patients. 54% of them have high cholesterol, and 48% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.77, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kugler's median patient age at 69, with 46% women.
Medicare patients, 202479
Average age74
Average risk score0.77
Dr. Kugler's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Kugler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women4759%
- Men3241%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kugler's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol54%
- High blood pressure48%
- Arthritis43%
- Anxiety20%
- Chronic kidney disease15%
- Cancer14%
- Ischemic heart disease14%
- Mood disorders14%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kugler's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women46%
- Men54%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Lance John Kugler wrote 14 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kugler wrote 14 Medicare Part D claims for 11 patients. They cover 5 drugs, with $8,301 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 569 claims across 7 drugs.
Part D claims, 202414
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$8,301
Part D patients11
Dr. Kugler's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2020
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, 2019 to 2020
- 2019
- 2020
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2019: 5692020: 12778%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2020, 7 in 2019.
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. Lance John Kugler ranks in the 70th percentile for cataract surgery in Medicare
Dr. Kugler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kugler as offering telehealth. CMS counts 73 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Kugler, more than 70% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Kugler ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 70th percentile73 procedures
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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Lance John Kugler has 4 publications on record
Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Kugler. Dr. Kugler has published most often in J Cataract Refract Surg. Dr. Kugler's most frequent co-authors are Daniel S. Durrie, MD and Matthew John Kapeles, MD.
Papers4
Dr. Kugler's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Kugler
J Cataract Refract Surg
Anterior Eye SegmentAstigmatismCornea
Corneal DiseasesCorneal StromaForeign-Body Migration
J Cataract Refract Surg
Ambulatory Surgical ProceduresCataractCataract Extraction
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Lance John Kugler has worked on 1 clinical trial
Dmand AI links Dr. Kugler to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Presbyopia and Refractive Errors.
Conditions in Dr. Kugler's trials
- Presbyopia
- Refractive Errors
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Kugler
- Brock K. Bakewell, MD1 shared trial
- Mark H. Blecher, MD1 shared trial
- Daniel Tandel Chang, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Kugler
PresbyopiaRefractive ErrorsControl GroupIC-8 IOL Group
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Lance John Kugler received $78,070 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 156 general payments to Dr. Kugler from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 86% of the total. RxSight Inc paid the most, $60,876.
General payments to Dr. Kugler by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Kugler by kind, 2016 to 2025
$78.1Kin total
- Consulting fees$67,12086%
- Food and beverage$4,2545%
- Honoraria$3,0264%
- Education speaker fees$2,0403%
- Other$1,5552%
Companies that paid Dr. Kugler the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Lance John Kugler graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University
Dr. Kugler graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2001.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Lance John Kugler's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Lance John Kugler's NPI number?
Dr. Lance John Kugler's NPI number is 1255370466. It was assigned on June 5, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Lance John Kugler?
Dr. Lance John Kugler is an ophthalmologist in Omaha, Nebraska. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Lance John Kugler practice?
Dr. Kugler practices at 17838 Burke St Ste 100, Omaha, NE 68118. Dr. Kugler's primary practice is Kugler Vision in Omaha, Nebraska. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kugler to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Lance John Kugler's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kugler is (402) 558-2211.
What is Dr. Lance John Kugler's medical license number?
Dr. Kugler holds Nebraska license NE23266.
Does Dr. Lance John Kugler accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kugler billed Medicare for 612 services in 2024, and Dr. Kugler accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Lance John Kugler offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Kugler as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Lance John Kugler see?
CMS counts 79 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kugler in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Lance John Kugler bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kugler's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92136), injected or infused drug (J2280) and vision or hearing service (V2632).
Where did Dr. Lance John Kugler go to medical school?
Dr. Kugler graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2001.
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What drugs does Dr. Lance John Kugler prescribe most?
In 2020 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kugler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Ketorolac Tromethamine and Moxifloxacin.
Has Dr. Lance John Kugler received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $78,070 in general payments to Dr. Kugler from 24 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from RxSight Inc.
How long has Dr. Lance John Kugler been practicing?
Dr. Kugler graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.
Does Dr. Lance John Kugler do research?
Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Kugler. Dr. Kugler has worked on 1 clinical trial.
Who does Dr. Lance John Kugler publish with?
Dr. Kugler's most frequent co-authors are Daniel S. Durrie, MD (1 shared paper) and Matthew John Kapeles, MD (1 shared paper).
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