Kristen Telfor, NP-C

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

4,973 Medicare Part D claims for 540 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,144 among the 50,277 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Gabapentin303 claims
2. Lamotrigine274 claims
3. Carbidopa-Levodopa268 claims
4. Duloxetine Hcl266 claims
5. Levetiracetam237 claims
6. Memantine Hcl236 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: 89.7 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $283.29

12 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc.. The 36,168 providers of this specialty with any payment received $802.80 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. Aspirus Ironwood Hospital And Clinics IncIronwood, MI
2. Mid-Michigan Neurology Center, PLLCAlma, MI

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.