Christopher A. Miller, DO

95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024

39 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries, against an average of 741 among the 1,607 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

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): 79.8 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).

2 hospitals and group practices

1. Heartland Regional Medical CenterSaint Joseph, MO
2. Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville, MO · 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).