Kara Elayne Tarr, PMHNP-BC

72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

252 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Buprenorphine-Naloxone157 claims
2. Buprenorphine Hcl21 claims
3. Gabapentin17 claims
4. Hydroxyzine Hcl11 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): 77.3 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Boulder Care Provider Group PAMooresville, NC

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