Alok Katyal, M.D.

3% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

3,249 Medicare Part D claims for 406 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,149 among the 19,556 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium424 claims
2. Carvedilol250 claims
3. Metoprolol Succinate210 claims
4. Clopidogrel202 claims
5. Metoprolol Tartrate143 claims
6. Amlodipine Besylate132 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: 88 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: $906.37

46 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,209 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,923.81 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. Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur, IL · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
2. St Louis Heart And Vascular PCGranite City, IL

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.