Letizia Barnes, APN

38% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

807 Medicare Part D claims for 180 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,302 among the 128,048 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Rosuvastatin Calcium159 claims
2. Atorvastatin Calcium120 claims
3. Nitroglycerin103 claims
4. Clopidogrel44 claims
5. Isosorbide Mononitrate Er36 claims
6. Metoprolol Succinate33 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: 74.2 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $559.46

27 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 91,435 providers of this specialty with any payment received $675.31 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.

One hospital or facility affiliation

1. Ascension Medical Group PromedKalamazoo, 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.