Shakeel Salim, M.D, M.S

4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average sports medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician in 2024

1,685 Medicare Part D claims for 566 beneficiaries, against an average of 406 among the 410 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Gabapentin406 claims
2. Tizanidine Hcl365 claims
3. Meloxicam359 claims
4. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl117 claims
5. Methylprednisolone115 claims
6. Pregabalin114 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): 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. Virtua Medical Group, PAVoorhees, NJ

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