Alex James Stark-Valdez, FNP

42% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

761 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Sevelamer Carbonate79 claims
2. Carvedilol68 claims
3. Amlodipine Besylate58 claims
4. Hydralazine Hcl46 claims
5. Losartan Potassium39 claims
6. Midodrine Hcl31 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.3 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).