Melonie I. Blancaneaux

33% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024

1,478 Medicare Part D claims for 56 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims. 47 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium102 claims
2. Lisinopril89 claims
3. Ozempic74 claims
4. Metoprolol Succinate68 claims
5. Tamsulosin Hcl57 claims
6. Finasteride46 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): 97.2 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).

2 hospitals and group practices

1. Southeast Alaska Regional Health ConsortiumSitka, AK · Critical Access Hospitals3 of 5 stars
2. Ketchikan Indian CorporationKetchikan, AK

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.