Katie Linnae Bressler, MD

5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

3,376 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 63 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium192 claims
2. Amlodipine Besylate161 claims
3. Levothyroxine Sodium148 claims
4. Lisinopril143 claims
5. Simvastatin120 claims
6. Losartan Potassium111 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): 85.2 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. Prairie Ridge Hospital And Health ServicesFergus Falls, MN · 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).