Rocky Rodriguez, AGACNP-BC

6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024

662 Medicare Part D claims for 164 beneficiaries, against an average of 623 among the 12,256 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Tacrolimus93 claims
2. Furosemide67 claims
3. Spironolactone59 claims
4. Xifaxan53 claims
5. Ursodiol49 claims
6. Carvedilol45 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: 100 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: $532.33

9 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. The 10,240 providers of this specialty with any payment received $630.57 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.

2 hospital and facility affiliations

1. Hospital Medicine Services OF TX, PLLCSan Antonio, TX
2. Methodist Physician Practices PLLCSan Antonio, TX

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.