Joshua Wayne Foster, DO

52% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

1,521 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Trazodone Hcl115 claims
2. Quetiapine Fumarate78 claims
3. Venlafaxine Hcl Er58 claims
4. Hydroxyzine Hcl55 claims
5. Buspirone Hcl50 claims
6. Bupropion Xl45 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): 90.5 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: $16.56

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Indivior Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.

3 hospitals and group practices

1. Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville, MO · Critical Access Hospitals
2. Ssm Regional Health ServicesMaryville, MO
3. State OF MissouriFulton, MO

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).