Ashley Pease, APRN, FNP-BC

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

4,103 Medicare Part D claims for 661 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 54% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium372 claims
2. Mounjaro341 claims
3. Ozempic326 claims
4. Metformin Hcl178 claims
5. Synthroid141 claims
6. Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle130 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): 72.7 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: $62.66

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Insulet Corporation. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Florida Hospital Healthcare Partners, IncOrange City, FL

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