Luisa Patio Elizalde, NP-C

74% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024

1,928 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 14 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Lisinopril206 claims
2. Rosuvastatin Calcium198 claims
3. Metformin Hcl Er116 claims
4. Levothyroxine Sodium115 claims
5. Gabapentin107 claims
6. Fluticasone Propionate79 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $34.93

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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 hospitals and group practices

1. Midwest Wellness And Wound Care LLCGlendale, AZ
2. 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).