Jennifer Lavigne, NP

72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average gerontology nurse practitioner in 2024

388 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,369 among the 6,165 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Anastrozole182 claims
2. Alendronate Sodium47 claims
3. Tamoxifen Citrate35 claims
4. Letrozole22 claims
5. Gabapentin12 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): 89.9 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: $1,298.38

52 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. 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 2 group practices

1. Advantage Health/saint Mary's Medical GroupGrand Rapids, MI
2. Metropolitan HospitalWyoming, MI

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