Sarah Elizabeth McKnight, NP

34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024

1,491 Medicare Part D claims for 155 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium74 claims
2. Divalproex Sodium Er72 claims
3. Haloperidol72 claims
4. Lamotrigine70 claims
5. Famotidine67 claims
6. Amlodipine Besylate52 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): 75.1 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).

Bills Medicare through 6 group practices

1. Germantown Emergency Physicians, PLLCGermantown, TN
2. Methodist North Emergency Physicians, PLLCMemphis, TN
3. Methodist South Emergency Physicians, PLLCMemphis, TN
4. Methodist University Emergency Physicians PLLCMemphis, TN
5. Olive Branch Emergency Physicians LLCOlive Branch, MS
6. UT Regional One Physicians IncMemphis, TN

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