Jessica Ndidiamaka Oranika, MSN-FNP

91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average gerontology nurse practitioner in 2024

121 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,369 among the 6,165 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Prednisone20 claims
2. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim14 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): 75.3 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: $120.68

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. 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.

2 hospitals and group practices

1. Dallas Pulmonary And Critical Care PADallas, TX
2. Mercy Hospital Tishomingo IncTishomingo, OK · Critical Access Hospitals

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov).