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The Doctors and Drugs in Medicare Part D

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At A Glance: This Prescriber in 2016

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Self-Reported Primary Specialty

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6,596Medicare Part D Prescriptions Filled, Including Refills
$714K Total Retail Price of All Prescriptions
364 Patients Receiving at Least One Drug in Part D
34% Patients 65 Years and Older

71% Subsidized Claims for Low-Income Patients


This Provider's History

A comparison of this provider’s prescribing in Part D since 2014. All years may not be shown if there is insufficient data.

Cost of Claims

$730K

2014

$490K

2015

$714K

2016

Number of Claims

4,395

2014

5,946

2015

6,596

2016

This Prescriber's Drugs

The table below list this provider’s drugs, the number of prescriptions and how many went to seniors. Drugs are ranked by volume. The list below includes only those drugs for which this provider wrote 50 or more prescriptions.

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An opioid drug. More » Prescription opioids (painkillers) can help alleviate certain kinds of pain in the short term but carry serious health risks.

A

An antibiotic drug. More » Used to treat bacterial infections but are often prescribed incorrectly to treat viral infections, such as chest colds or the flu.

P

An antipsychotic drug. More » Antipsychotics are frequently given to dementia patients, though it increases their risk of death.

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This provider is among the top 10 prescribers of this drug in the country.

This provider’s prescriptions for this drug were for more days than those of peers. More » Because of this, his or her prescription count may be lower.

This provider’s prescriptions for this drug were for fewer days than those of peers. More » Because of this, his or her prescription count may be higher.

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This provider received at least one payment from a pharmaceutical company related to this drug in 2016. More » This flag only appears for the top 50 most prescribed brand-name drugs in Medicare that year.

Drug Name Total Prescriptions Filled with Refills Prescriptions
to 65+
Patients Receiving this Drug Category
BACLOFEN 765

prescriptions, 12% of all prescriptions

187

prescriptions.

185

patients, 51% of all patients

HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN 699

prescriptions, 11% of all prescriptions

288

prescriptions.

104

patients, 29% of all patients

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OXYCODONE HCL 630

prescriptions, 10% of all prescriptions

182

prescriptions.

98

patients, 27% of all patients

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MELOXICAM 491

prescriptions, 7% of all prescriptions

166

prescriptions.

126

patients, 35% of all patients

OXYCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN 361

prescriptions, 5% of all prescriptions

98

prescriptions.

52

patients, 14% of all patients

O
OMEPRAZOLE 337

prescriptions, 5% of all prescriptions

101

prescriptions.

98

patients, 27% of all patients

GABAPENTIN 328

prescriptions, 5% of all prescriptions

111

prescriptions.

88

patients, 24% of all patients

OXYCONTIN 309

prescriptions, 5% of all prescriptions

92

prescriptions.

35

patients, 10% of all patients

O
MORPHINE SULFATE ER 285

prescriptions, 4% of all prescriptions

112

prescriptions.

43

patients, 12% of all patients

O
FENTANYL 220

prescriptions, 3% of all prescriptions

59

prescriptions.

39

patients, 11% of all patients

O
NORTRIPTYLINE HCL 187

prescriptions, 3% of all prescriptions

26

prescriptions.

43

patients, 12% of all patients

LYRICA 171

prescriptions, 3% of all prescriptions

39

prescriptions.

44

patients, 12% of all patients

SUBOXONE 150

prescriptions, 2% of all prescriptions

<11 20

patients, 5% of all patients

CYCLOBENZAPRINE HCL 132

prescriptions, 2% of all prescriptions

<11 30

patients, 8% of all patients

HYDROMORPHONE HCL* 113

prescriptions, 2% of all prescriptions

19

prescriptions.

16

patients, 4% of all patients

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DULOXETINE HCL 99

prescriptions, 2% of all prescriptions

12

prescriptions.

23

patients, 6% of all patients

IBUPROFEN 99

prescriptions, 2% of all prescriptions

29

prescriptions.

27

patients, 7% of all patients

ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE 90

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

23

prescriptions.

16

patients, 4% of all patients

TIZANIDINE HCL 75

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

<11 17

patients, 5% of all patients

QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 75

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

19

prescriptions.

13

patients, 4% of all patients

P
NAPROXEN 63

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

<11 18

patients, 5% of all patients

ACETAMINOPHEN-CODEINE 63

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

38

prescriptions.

<11 O
METHADONE HCL 57

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

<11 <11 O
TRAMADOL HCL 55

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

18

prescriptions.

13

patients, 4% of all patients

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About This Data

Prescribing data from Medicare’s prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, was compiled and released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that oversees the program. The data for 2016 includes more than 1.5 billion prescriptions written by 1.1 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists over 460,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. More than three-fourths of these prescriptions went to patients 65 and older; the rest were for disabled patients. Methodology »

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Caveats
  • No comparisons are shown if there are fewer than 20 prescribers in the state share this specialty.
  • Comparisons do not take into account the medical conditions of patients. Medications for certain conditions do not have generic alternatives, so patients would receive more expensive brand name drugs.
  • This provider's address and specialty information was last updated on Sept. 19, 2013.
  • Comparisons are based on each provider’s current address, not necessarily where he or she worked during the time period covered in this database.
  • In rare circumstances, providers' prescription tallies may be inflated. Sometimes providers are credited with prescriptions written by colleagues (this happens in long-term care facilities) or are victims of fraud involving theft of their provider number.