Dr. Eric Dai, MD

  • Austin, TX
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1679778245PAC ID9335231604
Medicare services, 2024
1,958
Medicare patients, 2024
994
Part D claims, 2024
1,204
Publications
6
MIPS score, 2024
91
Practice address
1111 West 34th Street, Austin, TX 78705
Practice phone
Call (512) 454-6753
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Primary practice

Bailey Square Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Austin, Texas

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Dr. Eric Dai is an ophthalmologist in Austin, Texas

Dr. Dai practices at Bailey Square Surgery Center in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Dai's NPI, 1679778245, was assigned on June 15, 2007. Dr. Dai graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Dai holds Texas license M6583.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9335231604
NPI enumeration date
June 15, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(512) 454-6753
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Eric Dai practices at Bailey Square Surgery Center in Austin, Texas

Dr. Dai's primary practice is Bailey Square Surgery Center, at 1111 West 34th Street, Austin, TX 78705. The practice phone is (512) 454-6753.

  • Bailey Square Surgery Center
    1111 West 34th Street, Austin, TX 78705Phone(512) 454-6753

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Dr. Eric Dai is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Dai's primary practice is Bailey Square Surgery Center in Austin, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dai to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Bailey Square Surgery CenterSurgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Austin, TexasPrimary
1 group practice or clinicName with a free account1 medical groupName with a free accountParent health systemName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Eric Dai's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Bailey Square Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Eric Dai is one of 1,311 ophthalmologists in Texas

Ophthalmology is Dr. Dai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Dai is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Dai is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, TexasPrimaryLicense M6583 · 2007 to 2027 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation, eyelid inflammation and glaucoma among the conditions Dr. Dai treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Dai

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

Dr. Eric Dai billed Medicare for 1,958 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,958 Medicare services from Dr. Dai across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 994 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $186,131 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,958
Medicare patients994
Paid by Medicare$186,131
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,3262024: 1,2853%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2212024: 527138%
Surgery
2023: 1342024: 1469%

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

  • In an office1,85495%
  • In a facility1045%

Dr. Dai compared with the Texas median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Dai
  • Texas median
Medicare services
1,958vs 1,35345% above
Medicare patients
994vs 4922.0 times
Part D claims
1,097vs 61379% above

Medians across 1,290 ophthalmologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Dai'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. Eric Dai treated 994 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 994 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dai in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 496 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 62% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.85, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Dai's median patient age at 74, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024994
Average age75
Average risk score0.85

Dr. Dai's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Dai's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women61161%
  • Men38339%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure62%
  3. Arthritis39%
  4. Ischemic heart disease27%
  5. Diabetes20%
  6. Osteoporosis20%
  7. Mood disorders19%
  8. Anxiety18%

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

Dr. Dai's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men38%

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

Dr. Eric Dai wrote 1,204 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Dai wrote 1,204 Medicare Part D claims for 388 patients. 48% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,097 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $174,346 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 941 claims across 22 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,204
Drugs named by CMS21
Total drug cost$174,346
Part D patients388

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

  • Generic583 claims48%
  • Brand-name621 claims52%

Dr. Dai'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: 9412024: 1,09717%

Drugs named by CMS: 21 in 2024, 22 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. Eric Dai scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Dai for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Dai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 148 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Dai, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Dai's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 94.5of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Dai ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
80th percentile148 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. Eric Dai has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Dai, published from 2022 to 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Cornea. Dr. Dai has published most often in medRxiv. Dr. Dai's most frequent co-authors are Jaspreet Banga, Charlise A. Gunderson, MD and Douglas D. Koch, MD.

Papers6
Years published2022 to 2024

Topics Dr. Dai writes about most

  • Cornea

Dr. Dai's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Dai

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

Dr. Eric Dai received $1,363 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 55 general payments to Dr. Dai from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $581.

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

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

$1.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,32597%
  • Education$383%

Companies that paid Dr. Dai 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. Eric Dai has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Dai, most recently Super Doc in 2012.

Awards and honors for Dr. Dai

  1. 2012
    • Super Doc
  2. Undated
    • AAO Fellow
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Eric Dai graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine

Dr. Dai graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Dai is a member of AAO.

  1. Medical schoolBaylor College Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Eric Dai accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Dai is in network with 16 carriers, including United Healthcare, Aetna and Alliant Health Plans. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Dai accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO8
  2. PPO8
  3. POS4
  4. Medicare3
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Eric Dai'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation 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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Eric Dai's NPI number?

Dr. Eric Dai's NPI number is 1679778245. It was assigned on June 15, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Eric Dai?

Dr. Eric Dai is an ophthalmologist in Austin, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Eric Dai practice?

Dr. Dai practices at 1111 West 34th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Dr. Dai's primary practice is Bailey Square Surgery Center in Austin, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dai to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Eric Dai's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Dai is (512) 454-6753.

What is Dr. Eric Dai's medical license number?

Dr. Dai holds Texas license M6583.

Does Dr. Eric Dai accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Dai billed Medicare for 1,958 services in 2024, and Dr. Dai accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Eric Dai's MIPS score?

Dr. Dai's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Eric Dai see?

CMS counts 994 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dai in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Eric Dai board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Eric Dai bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Dai's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), office visit, established patient (99214) and eye exam or test (92133).

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Where did Dr. Eric Dai go to medical school?

Dr. Dai graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Eric Dai prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Dai's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Prednisolone Acetate and Loteprednol Etabonate.

Has Dr. Eric Dai received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,363 in general payments to Dr. Dai from 13 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Eric Dai been practicing?

Dr. Dai graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Eric Dai do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Dai, published from 2022 to 2024.

Who does Dr. Eric Dai publish with?

Dr. Dai's most frequent co-authors are Jaspreet Banga (2 shared papers), Charlise A. Gunderson, MD (1 shared paper) and Douglas D. Koch, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Eric Dai accept?

Dr. Dai is in network with 16 carriers, including United Healthcare, Aetna and Alliant Health Plans. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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