Sharese Delois Jefferson

78% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

777 Medicare Part D claims for 429 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Doxycycline Hyclate89 claims
2. Azithromycin44 claims
3. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass40 claims
4. Amoxicillin31 claims
5. Prednisone30 claims
6. Cefuroxime28 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): 62.1 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 one group practice

1. Patient First Richmond Medical Group PLLCChesapeake, VA

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