Georgette Farmer, APRN

7.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average gerontology nurse practitioner in 2024

10,482 Medicare Part D claims for 831 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,369 among the 6,165 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 111 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium567 claims
2. Rosuvastatin Calcium522 claims
3. Amlodipine Besylate423 claims
4. Pantoprazole Sodium367 claims
5. Furosemide347 claims
6. Metoprolol Succinate295 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): 76.4 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $2,187.88

118 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 3,903 providers of this specialty with any payment received $742.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Watson Clinic LLPLakeland, FL

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