Elsy Thomas Joseph, NURSE PRACTITIONER

45% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

1,312 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were under 1% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Clonazepam103 claims
2. Quetiapine Fumarate93 claims
3. Risperidone80 claims
4. Bupropion Xl79 claims
5. Sertraline Hcl79 claims
6. Mirtazapine75 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): 84.6 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. Cook CountyChicago, IL

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