Prescriber Checkup | ADVAIR DISKUS

Prescriber Checkup

The Doctors and Drugs in Medicare Part D

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ADVAIR DISKUS

FLUTICASONE/SALMETEROL

Advair (fluticasone / salmeterol) is a combination medicine. Fluticasone is a steroid that lowers inflammation, while salmeterol relaxes muscles in the lungs to open the airways and make breathing easier. Source: Iodine  *

*This description is for related drug Advair

At a Glance: This Drug in 2016

5.19M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 65 of 3393

$2.32B
Retail Cost

Rank: 6 of 3393

1,196,007
Patients

Rank: 81 of 3393

275,442
Prescribers

Rank: 73 of 3393

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66%

of people say

it's worth it

48%

of people say

it worked well

11%

of people say

it's a huge hassle

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

6.29M

2012

6.61M

2013

6.09M

2014

5.65M

2015

5.2M

2016

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$1.89B

2012

$2.26B

2013

$2.28B

2014

$2.27B

2015

$2.32B

2016

Average Patient Cost

Average amount that patients paid each year.

$1,324

2012

$1,482

2013

$1,602

2014

$1,718

2015

$1,940

2016

Use by state

State Patients Claims Cost
California 117,996 501,979 $221M
New York 94,404 434,166 $192M
Florida 83,785 328,862 $149M
Pennsylvania 71,322 316,384 $137M
Texas 69,549 257,784 $118M
Michigan 48,703 191,729 $96.1M
Ohio 44,104 186,367 $85.1M
North Carolina 40,705 178,386 $75.3M
New Jersey 41,289 172,693 $77.2M
Illinois 40,533 169,146 $77.7M
Massachusetts 33,684 153,042 $70.6M
Georgia 32,687 137,055 $57.3M
Missouri 28,738 133,531 $56M
Wisconsin 29,327 130,688 $59M
Indiana 29,713 123,260 $57.9M
Virginia 27,059 109,529 $49.7M
Tennessee 25,121 102,137 $45.5M
Arizona 26,772 100,101 $46.8M
Minnesota 21,744 95,071 $45.6M
Kentucky 19,237 84,594 $36.5M
Connecticut 19,910 84,228 $38.5M
Louisiana 19,095 81,510 $33.6M
Washington 18,462 78,923 $35.6M
South Carolina 17,817 74,096 $32.5M
Maryland 18,422 68,972 $33.3M
Alabama 17,055 67,532 $29.4M
Oregon 15,466 67,319 $29.4M
Colorado 15,948 64,795 $30.5M
Oklahoma 14,022 60,395 $25.8M
Iowa 12,164 59,843 $24.6M
Arkansas 10,105 47,151 $19.2M
Maine 10,644 46,086 $22.1M
West Virginia 10,221 44,428 $19.4M
Kansas 9,635 42,406 $17.8M
Mississippi 9,105 38,774 $15.8M
Nevada 8,988 33,988 $15.7M
Nebraska 6,913 33,404 $13.8M
New Hampshire 6,673 27,782 $13M
Rhode Island 5,460 26,170 $10.7M
New Mexico 6,271 25,979 $11.7M
Utah 5,440 21,357 $9.76M
Idaho 4,654 20,165 $8.75M
Montana 4,506 20,114 $8.69M
Hawaii 4,933 19,623 $9.5M
North Dakota 3,224 15,925 $6.64M
Delaware 4,116 14,736 $8.02M
South Dakota 3,015 13,821 $5.79M
Vermont 3,036 13,005 $6.55M
District of Columbia 2,439 8,779 $3.9M
Wyoming 2,003 8,617 $3.75M
Alaska 1,187 4,578 $2.11M
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 »

Incorrect Info?

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Top prescribers for ADVAIR DISKUS

Provider Medicare Claims City State
JORGE SANCHEZ-MASIQUES MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled2,760

MIAMI

Florida

ANDRES REDONDO MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,781

MIAMI

Florida

JAHAIRA SERRANO M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,680

SAN JUAN

Puerto Rico

BORIS SAGALOVICH MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,368

BROOKLYN

New York

NASHAT RABADI MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,359

BUFFALO

New York

JUAN ACEVEDO-CRESPO M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,339

CORAL GABLES

Florida

TYRONE LEE M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,251

CONWAY

Arkansas

SHAMIM NAJEEBI MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,145

SPRINGFIELD

Massachusetts

MARIO MANGAS M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,113

MIAMI

Florida

VAGHARSHAK PILOSSYAN M.D.

Family Medicine

Claims Filled1,067

VAN NUYS

California

NESTOR FLORES M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled1,025

GUAYAMA

Puerto Rico

BRIAN KELLY MD

Internal Medicine

Claims Filled963

HILLSBORO

Oregon

ARUTYUN TOPSAKALYAN MD

General Practice

Claims Filled901

GLENDALE

California

CARLOS MONTALVO BONILLA

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled899

ARECIBO

Puerto Rico

MICHAEL DIMEO MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled897

OAK RIDGE

Tennessee

JOHN LESLIE MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled890

CHRISTIANSBURG

Virginia

SHERIF SHERIF MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled867

WILLIAMSVILLE

New York

HUAN LE M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled853

SAN DIEGO

California

WILLIAM COOK M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled850

OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma

RUDOLF KHUSID M.D.

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled849

YARDLEY

Pennsylvania

VLAD NUSINOVICH M.D.

Internal Medicine

Claims Filled848

WEST HOLLYWOOD

California

THOMAS CHAN MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled823

NEW YORK

New York

ANEES ARSHAD MD

Pulmonary Disease

Claims Filled746

BULLHEAD CITY

Arizona

ROBERT PEARLSTEIN D.O.

Geriatric Medicine

Claims Filled743

PLYMOUTH MEETING

Pennsylvania

HOANG LE M.D.

Specialist

Claims Filled732

FOUNTAIN VALLEY

California