Karista Walsh, DNP

69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average adult health nurse practitioner in 2024

400 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,291 among the 16,003 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium48 claims
2. Spironolactone43 claims
3. Clopidogrel40 claims
4. Losartan Potassium37 claims
5. Metoprolol Succinate32 claims
6. Potassium Chloride27 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 94.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $2,815.16

18 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc.. The 11,518 providers of this specialty with any payment received $908.59 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 hospital and facility affiliations

1. North Big Horn Hospital DistrictLovell, WY · Critical Access Hospitals4 of 5 stars
2. Las Cruces Physician Practices, LLCLas Cruces, NM

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.