Thomas Merkle, M.D.

92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

75 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 940 among the 13,923 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 87.6 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).

2 hospital and facility affiliations

1. Mdics AT Umroi, LLCGwynn Oak, MD
2. University OF Maryland Community Medical Group IncGwynn Oak, MD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.