Rajiv Doddamani

69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

861 Medicare Part D claims for 292 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,785 among the 127,794 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 33 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Eliquis113 claims
2. Clopidogrel68 claims
3. Atorvastatin Calcium55 claims
4. Metoprolol Succinate46 claims
5. Pantoprazole Sodium35 claims
6. Entresto30 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: 86.8 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).

4 hospital and facility affiliations

1. Apogee Medical Group, Louisiana, Inc.Slidell, LA
2. Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group PracticeMonroe, LA
3. North Oaks Medical Center LLCHammond, LA
4. Vital Health Partners LLCWest Monroe, LA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.