Erin Carroll, ARNP

47% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average adult health nurse practitioner in 2024

684 Medicare Part D claims for 148 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,280 among the 16,937 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 89 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Lorazepam64 claims
2. Olanzapine46 claims
3. Dexamethasone45 claims
4. Oxycodone Hcl43 claims
5. Prochlorperazine Maleate39 claims
6. Ondansetron Hcl34 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.9 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. University OF Kansas Hospital AuthorityWestwood, KS

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