Kathryn Elizabeth Skinner, ARNP- AANP

74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

334 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 31 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Lantus Solostar37 claims
2. Omeprazole31 claims
3. Mirtazapine26 claims
4. Gabapentin25 claims
5. Tizanidine Hcl18 claims
6. Prednisone17 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): 80 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. KC Hospitalists PAOverland Park, KS

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