Blake Borders

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

3,175 Medicare Part D claims for 407 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,302 among the 128,048 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Metoprolol Succinate356 claims
2. Carvedilol255 claims
3. Rosuvastatin Calcium247 claims
4. Atorvastatin Calcium233 claims
5. Amlodipine Besylate200 claims
6. Eliquis187 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 92.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $147.93

1 payment, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 91,435 providers of this specialty with any payment received $675.31 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. Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
2. Internal Medicine Associates OF Southeast Missouri LLCPoplar Bluff, MO

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.