David Anton Thomas, ARNP

72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average adult health nurse practitioner in 2024

362 Medicare Part D claims for 118 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,280 among the 16,937 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 23 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium29 claims
2. Lisinopril27 claims
3. Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims
4. Furosemide19 claims
5. Clopidogrel18 claims
6. Metoprolol Succinate14 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): 85.4 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Lawrence Physicians LLCLawrence, KS

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