Michael Raphelson, MD

6.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average hospice and palliative medicine (family medicine) physician in 2024

7,421 Medicare Part D claims for 214 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,129 among the 731 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 341 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Atorvastatin Calcium313 claims
2. Levothyroxine Sodium293 claims
3. Amlodipine Besylate231 claims
4. Metoprolol Succinate220 claims
5. Gabapentin219 claims
6. Lisinopril187 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): 85.3 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 hospital affiliations

1. Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo, MI · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
2. Bronson South Haven HospitalSouth Haven, MI · 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). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.