Sandra Degroat, APN

2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

2,084 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Quetiapine Fumarate135 claims
2. Lamotrigine117 claims
3. Hydroxyzine Pamoate116 claims
4. Trazodone Hcl116 claims
5. Divalproex Sodium Er107 claims
6. Divalproex Sodium99 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.7 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $657.21

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 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. Community Bridges IncAvondale, AZ
2. Moonshot Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner PCSan Tan Valley, AZ

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