Katherine Lawson, FNP

4.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

6,307 Medicare Part D claims for 278 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 184 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium283 claims
2. Atorvastatin Calcium277 claims
3. Omeprazole191 claims
4. Losartan Potassium190 claims
5. Lisinopril167 claims
6. Eliquis160 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 88 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).

One hospital affiliation

1. Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · Critical Access Hospitals

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). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.