Lauren Michelle Taylor-Nguyen, PA

15% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024

350 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 76 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Gabapentin72 claims
2. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl49 claims
3. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen42 claims
4. Meloxicam30 claims
5. Levetiracetam21 claims
6. Pregabalin20 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.1 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $69.13

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Riverside Physician Services IncWilliamsburg, VA

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