Simon Leo Lick, M.D.

88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

370 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Eliquis45 claims
2. Cefuroxime32 claims
3. Furosemide23 claims
4. Prednisone21 claims
5. Metoprolol Succinate20 claims
6. Doxycycline Hyclate18 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): 90.3 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).

Industry payments in 2024: $34.78

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 hospital affiliations

1. Grand Itasca Clinic And HospitalGrand Rapids, MN · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
2. Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing, MN · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars

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.