Michele Esposito, M.D.

88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician in 2024

226 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,965 among the 1,124 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Metoprolol Succinate30 claims
2. Losartan Potassium23 claims
3. Amlodipine Besylate19 claims
4. Atorvastatin Calcium18 claims
5. Lisinopril18 claims
6. Entresto14 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 73.8 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: $484.90

5 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,027 providers of this specialty with any payment received $10,265.85 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. University Medical Associates OF The Medical University OF South CarolCharleston, SC

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