James Langworthy, M.D.

3% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024

783 Medicare Part D claims for 353 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Omeprazole183 claims
2. Peg 3350-Electrolyte124 claims
3. Pantoprazole Sodium67 claims
4. Famotidine43 claims
5. Linzess42 claims
6. Gavilyte-G35 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $138.16

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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. Kansas University Physicians IncKansas City, KS

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