Cara Lee Pappas, ND ACNP FNP

79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

269 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Methylprednisolone33 claims
2. Azithromycin17 claims
3. Omeprazole17 claims
4. Ondansetron Odt12 claims
5. Potassium Chloride12 claims
6. Doxycycline Hyclate11 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: $51.98

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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.

One hospital affiliation

1. Doctors Memorial Hospital IncPerry, FL · Critical Access Hospitals

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).