Dedra Rathgeber, NP-C

44% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

1,875 Medicare Part D claims for 158 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 67 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium108 claims
2. Pantoprazole Sodium75 claims
3. Atorvastatin Calcium73 claims
4. Potassium Chloride71 claims
5. Amlodipine Besylate69 claims
6. Gabapentin63 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): 83.3 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. Ashland District HospitalAshland, KS
2. Kiowa District HospitalKiowa, KS · 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).