Maria Caruso Machala, NP

66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024

202 Medicare Part D claims for 85 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Amitriptyline Hcl29 claims
2. Venlafaxine Hcl Er27 claims
3. Acetazolamide22 claims
4. Ofloxacin17 claims
5. Ondansetron Odt16 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): 97.6 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: $59.04

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Med-EL Corporation. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 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 2 group practices

1. Select Physical Therapy OF West Denver Limited PartnershipLoveland, CO
2. University Physicians IncorporatedAurora, CO

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