Lee S. Jacobson, M.D., PH.D.

34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

149 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Prednisone12 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): 84.4 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: $281.25

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.

3 hospitals and group practices

1. Mercy Medical CenterRockville Center, NY · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
2. Progressive Emergency Physicians PLLCRoslyn, NY
3. St Francis HospitalRoslyn, NY

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). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.