Stephanie Atoyebi, DPM

60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average foot & ankle surgery podiatrist in 2024

135 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 335 among the 7,761 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Clotrimazole-Betamethasone22 claims
2. Clotrimazole19 claims
3. Gabapentin16 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): 74.2 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: $874.23

18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 6,936 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,972.24 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.

3 hospitals and group practices

1. Foundation For Outreach ServicesChicago, IL
2. IL Foot And Ankle Clinic Medical CorpDes Plaines, IL
3. Loretto HospitalChicago, IL · Acute Care Hospitals

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).