Joshua Pinkston, AGACNP-BC

2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024

1,282 Medicare Part D claims for 335 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 353 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Celecoxib230 claims
2. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen225 claims
3. Ondansetron Hcl162 claims
4. Cephalexin151 claims
5. Methylprednisolone130 claims
6. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen78 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): 75.1 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. North Florida Surgeons PAFort Walton Beach, FL

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