Peter Neff, M.D.

7% more Medicare Part D claims than the average sports medicine (family medicine) physician in 2024

918 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries, against an average of 855 among the 2,237 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 194 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Celecoxib218 claims
2. Meloxicam179 claims
3. Gabapentin112 claims
4. Ondansetron Hcl104 claims
5. Oxycodone Hcl103 claims
6. Tramadol Hcl43 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): 79.2 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $131.69

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medinc of Texas. The 1,218 providers of this specialty with any payment received $781.49 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. Orthopaedic Surgery And Sports Medicine Associates LLPCorpus Christi, TX
2. Shea Physical Therapy Specialists LLCCorpus Christi, TX

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