Taryn Fortune, M.D.

1% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average neurology physician in 2024

1,355 Medicare Part D claims for 278 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,370 among the 15,005 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Gabapentin150 claims
2. Donepezil Hcl142 claims
3. Memantine Hcl112 claims
4. Levetiracetam73 claims
5. Carbidopa-Levodopa62 claims
6. Escitalopram Oxalate47 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): 81.7 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: $3,027.96

154 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 10,858 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,318.07 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 2 group practices

1. Suburban/nrh Medical Rehabilitation IncBethesda, MD
2. The Neurology CenterWashington, DC

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