Melissa Lea Ingram, APRN

80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist in 2024

211 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,054 among the 390 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Bupropion Xl26 claims
2. Buspirone Hcl25 claims
3. Venlafaxine Hcl Er21 claims
4. Topiramate14 claims
5. Fluoxetine Hcl13 claims
6. Mirtazapine13 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): 77.5 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: $96.84

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 285 providers of this specialty with any payment received $924.95 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. Salina Regional Health Center IncSalina, KS

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