Ashley Murrey, APRN NDRN

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

2,628 Medicare Part D claims for 142 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 75 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium137 claims
2. Furosemide113 claims
3. Atorvastatin Calcium109 claims
4. Sertraline Hcl107 claims
5. Metoprolol Succinate102 claims
6. Lisinopril86 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): 79.6 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).

3 hospitals and group practices

1. Garrison Memorial HospitalGarrison, ND · Critical Access Hospitals
2. Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care CenterRichardton, ND · Critical Access Hospitals
3. St Alexius Medical CenterWashburn, ND

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).