Thomas McDowell, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

397 Medicare Part D claims for 272 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 26 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Cephalexin56 claims
2. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass51 claims
3. Doxycycline Hyclate35 claims
4. Prednisone31 claims
5. Oxycodone Hcl20 claims
6. Ondansetron Odt19 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): 79.6 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).

4 hospitals and group practices

1. Indiana Regional Medical CenterBlairsville, PA · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
2. Indiana Healthcare Physician Services IncIndiana, PA
3. Irmc - Premier LLCLigonier, PA
4. Premier Express Care LLCLigonier, PA

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.