Shan E. Abbas, M.D.

9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average epilepsy physician in 2024

1,016 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries, against an average of 934 among the 476 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Lacosamide170 claims
2. Clonazepam89 claims
3. Levetiracetam80 claims
4. Epidiolex70 claims
5. Briviact55 claims
6. Clobazam49 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): 100 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: $141.69

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 345 providers of this specialty with any payment received $6,278.39 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 hospitals and group practices

1. Munson Medical CenterTraverse City, MI · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
2. Spectrum Health Primary Care PartnersGrand Rapids, MI

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.