Lauren Gail Breihan, M.D.

74% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

5,533 Medicare Part D claims for 151 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 27 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Rosuvastatin Calcium776 claims
2. Lisinopril418 claims
3. Levothyroxine Sodium244 claims
4. Amlodipine Besylate234 claims
5. Losartan Potassium229 claims
6. Metformin Hcl Er229 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): 70.6 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. Tuba City Regional Health Care CorporationTuba City, AZ · Acute Care 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).