Christina Michelle Buzis, NP

5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average primary care nurse practitioner in 2024

1,561 Medicare Part D claims for 439 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,492 among the 5,992 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa257 claims
2. Montelukast Sodium113 claims
3. Fluticasone-Salmeterol99 claims
4. Trelegy Ellipta61 claims
5. Advair Hfa53 claims
6. Breyna47 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): 82.4 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: $1,462.30

14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 4,321 providers of this specialty with any payment received $625.13 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. Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZ · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars

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). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.