Jennifer N. Christian, M.D.

7% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

2,966 Medicare Part D claims for 163 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 22 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium141 claims
2. Levothyroxine Sodium126 claims
3. Losartan Potassium126 claims
4. Donepezil Hcl101 claims
5. Furosemide97 claims
6. Metoprolol Succinate95 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $78.89

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Indivior Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 6 group practices

1. CS Pacs 3 Northeast, LLCWest Chester, PA
2. DE Pacs 2 PAHockessin, DE
3. Delaware Post Acute Medical Services 1Hockessin, DE
4. Inpatient Consultants OF Pennsylvania PCWest Chester, PA
5. NJ Pacs 2 PAWest Chester, PA
6. Tri-State Health, Inc.Elkton, MD

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