Ashley Kalbac Barrios, APRN

2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024

1,358 Medicare Part D claims for 291 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 448 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Tramadol Hcl206 claims
2. Celecoxib197 claims
3. Naloxone Hcl169 claims
4. Omeprazole168 claims
5. Oxycodone Hcl165 claims
6. Pregabalin133 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): 81.3 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. Cora Health Services IncBoca Raton, FL

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