Yamira Marie Baez, APRN

12% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

1,018 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.

Most prescribed

1. Buspirone Hcl80 claims
2. Quetiapine Fumarate76 claims
3. Trazodone Hcl62 claims
4. Clonazepam59 claims
5. Lamotrigine45 claims
6. Bupropion Xl40 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): 80.1 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).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

1. Lakeland Regional Health Systems IncLakeland, FL
2. Optimum Health And Wellness LLCTampa, FL

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