West Virginia Medicare prescriber rankings
8,677 West Virginia prescribers billed $1.9 billion in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 36th largest of 56 states and territories. Opioids were 3.19 of every 100 of those claims (CMS), below the national 3.52.
- Prescribers8,677
- Part D drug cost$1.9 billion
- Average per prescriber$218,054
- Wrote an opioid (CMS)4,945 (56.93%)
- Opioid claims per 100 claims (CMS)3.19
Reading the West Virginia tables
West Virginia's 8,677 prescribers wrote 12,941,780 Part D claims in 2024, about $218,054 in drug cost per prescriber. A high total usually reflects specialty practice, such as cancer, rheumatology or HIV care, or vaccines: 1 of the 50 largest totals are mostly vaccines, which pharmacies often bill under a standing order naming one clinician. These are billing tables, not quality ratings. PlainDoctor does not rank named prescribers by opioid share; the state's opioid figures above come from CMS's own totals.
The 50 highest Part D drug-cost totals
| Prescriber (NPPES taxonomy) | Drug cost | Claims |
|---|---|---|
| 1Michael RezaianRheumatology Physician | $14.4 million | 4,583 |
| 2Wassim SaikaliRheumatology Physician | $12.2 million | 9,700 |
| 3Barry VaughtNeurology Physician | $9.2 million | 19,394 |
| 4Rajiv KhannaMedical Oncology Physician | $8.7 million | 3,203 |
| 5Sabir HussainHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.6 million | 3,015 |
| 6Muhammad Omer JamilHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.0 million | 2,133 |
| 7Kelly HughartNurse Practitioner | $7.3 million | 2,889 |
| 8Paul BragerHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.1 million | 2,676 |
| 9Narender JogenpallyHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.1 million | 2,414 |
| 10Roderick YoungOccupational Medicine Physicianmostly vaccines, often billed by pharmacies under a standing order naming this clinician | $7.0 million | 36,281 |
| 11Ahmed KhalidHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.9 million | 3,056 |
| 12Ayman ElkadryEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician | $6.8 million | 18,777 |
| 13Justin CohenMedical Oncology Physician | $6.8 million | 2,813 |
| 14Toni PaciolesHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.1 million | 1,758 |
| 15Salman OsmanHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.0 million | 2,117 |
| 16Mayez El-HarakeMedical Oncology Physician | $6.0 million | 2,347 |
| 17Christopher BiancoAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $5.9 million | 2,344 |
| 18Lauren VeltriHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.6 million | 1,139 |
| 19Paul FergusonNeurology Physician | $5.5 million | 4,086 |
| 20Konstantinos SdrimasHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.4 million | 879 |
| 21Damian SilberminsHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.3 million | 2,408 |
| 22Ralph WebbRheumatology Physician | $5.0 million | 1,755 |
| 23Mustafa RahimInternal Medicine Physician | $4.9 million | 57,716 |
| 24Kyle ChapmanPulmonary Disease Physician | $4.8 million | 1,107 |
| 25Michael CraigHematology & Oncology Physician | $4.6 million | 1,078 |
| 26James ToothmanInternal Medicine Physician | $4.5 million | 65,906 |
| 27Holly WeghorstSurgical Physician Assistant | $4.4 million | 2,682 |
| 28John PonugupatiHematology & Oncology Physician | $4.4 million | 1,381 |
| 29Thomas HowardRheumatology Physician | $4.4 million | 4,535 |
| 30Julian EspirituSpecialist | $4.2 million | 7,093 |
| 31Matias ValsecchiHematology & Oncology Physician | $4.1 million | 1,875 |
| 32Shumaila SultanNeurology Physician | $4.1 million | 722 |
| 33Bria McKeeFamily Health Clinical Nurse Specialist | $4.1 million | 7,256 |
| 34Arvinder BirHematology & Oncology Physician | $4.0 million | 1,934 |
| 35Samar SankariEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician | $4.0 million | 8,338 |
| 36Constance AndersonFamily Medicine Physician | $3.9 million | 89,415 |
| 37Justin HayesFamily Nurse Practitioner | $3.9 million | 4,426 |
| 38David PickeringInternal Medicine Physician | $3.8 million | 5,444 |
| 39Jeannie GoffFamily Nurse Practitioner | $3.8 million | 4,912 |
| 40Jeffrey MilesNeuromuscular Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician | $3.8 million | 603 |
| 41Suzanne GharibRheumatology Physician | $3.8 million | 3,825 |
| 42Jeremy StapletonGastroenterology Physician | $3.7 million | 2,844 |
| 43Swati VishwanathanHematology & Oncology Physician | $3.7 million | 1,501 |
| 44Scott KefferFamily Medicine Physician | $3.6 million | 82,112 |
| 45Himanshu DeshwalPulmonary Disease Physician | $3.5 million | 509 |
| 46Amy ButtsPhysician Assistant | $3.5 million | 7,147 |
| 47Chandana KamireddyHematology & Oncology Physician | $3.5 million | 1,654 |
| 48Amro AlastalPulmonary Disease Physician | $3.4 million | 697 |
| 49Joseph HashemInternal Medicine Physician | $3.4 million | 19,527 |
| 50Gurveen KaurHematology & Oncology Physician | $3.4 million | 1,573 |
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider, 2024 (data.cms.gov), matched to CMS NPPES by NPI; vaccine share from the prescriber's top drugs in the CMS by-provider-and-drug file. Specialty is the taxonomy the clinician reported to NPPES.
Common questions
How many Medicare prescribers are in West Virginia?
West Virginia has 8,677 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 12,941,780 claims totaling $1.9 billion in drug costs.
What is the opioid prescribing rate in West Virginia?
Opioids were 3.19 of every 100 Medicare Part D claims written by West Virginia prescribers in 2024, against 3.52 nationally (CMS). 4,945 of the state's 8,686 Part D prescribers in CMS's geography file (56.93%) wrote at least one opioid.
Checking a prescriber
Open the prescriber's record for the full NPI entry and prescribing detail, then confirm the license on the state board search. The Part D file covers Medicare Part D only; commercial, Medicaid, VA and cash prescriptions are not in it.
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