Andrzej Staszkiewicz, MD

2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician in 2024

4,392 Medicare Part D claims for 403 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,750 among the 2,982 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 2,106 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,060 claims
2. Tizanidine Hcl369 claims
3. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen358 claims
4. Gabapentin357 claims
5. Pregabalin354 claims
6. Tramadol Hcl331 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): 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: $22.77

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 2,789 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,225.41 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 hospitals and group practices

1. St Bernard HospitalChicago, IL · Acute Care Hospitals1 of 5 stars
2. Associated Anesthesiologists SCPeoria, IL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.