Aleithe Alvarez, ARNP

3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

5,033 Medicare Part D claims for 724 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,302 among the 128,048 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Amlodipine Besylate231 claims
2. Levothyroxine Sodium201 claims
3. Rosuvastatin Calcium181 claims
4. Atorvastatin Calcium175 claims
5. Losartan Potassium156 claims
6. Metformin Hcl136 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

The practice group's Medicare quality score for 2023: 100 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $300.16

16 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 91,435 providers of this specialty with any payment received $675.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

2 hospital and facility affiliations

1. MD Now Medical Centers IncVero Beach, FL
2. St Lucie Medical Specialists LLCPort Saint Lucie, FL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.