Joseph Don Liewer, M.D.

43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

129 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 25 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Cephalexin17 claims
2. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
3. Acamprosate Calcium13 claims
4. Prednisone13 claims
5. Amlodipine Besylate12 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): 85.6 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).

2 hospitals and group practices

1. Hawarden Regional HealthcareHawarden, IA · Critical Access Hospitals
2. Woodbury Emergency Group, PCSioux City, IA

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).