Sarah Ellizabeth Couch

70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

386 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 22% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Pantoprazole Sodium47 claims
2. Famotidine44 claims
3. Sucralfate32 claims
4. Santyl24 claims
5. Cephalexin21 claims
6. Omeprazole17 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): 92.6 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: $112.33

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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.

4 hospitals and group practices

1. Saint Francis Medical CenterPoplar Bluff, MO · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
2. Dexter Hospital, LLCDexter, MO
3. Southeast Health Center OF Stoddard County LLCDexter, MO
4. Southeast Missouri Hospital Physicians LLCPoplar Bluff, MO

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.