Shandy Lynn McDonald, PMHNP-BC

27% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

1,155 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Quetiapine Fumarate136 claims
2. Buspirone Hcl98 claims
3. Trazodone Hcl81 claims
4. Fluoxetine Hcl72 claims
5. Clonazepam59 claims
6. Lamotrigine56 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $304.55

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, 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 3 group practices

1. Calcasieu Urgent Care LLCLake Charles, LA
2. Fast Pace Medical Clinic PLLCCollinwood, TN
3. Fast Pace Mississippi PLLCKosciusko, MS

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