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The Doctors and Drugs in Medicare Part D
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VILIAM FURDIK M.D.
At A Glance: This Prescriber in 2016
Self-Reported Primary Specialty
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
$177K
2014
$188K
2015
$184K
2016
Number of Claims
1,321
2014
1,509
2015
1,609
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.
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.
An antipsychotic drug. More » Antipsychotics are frequently given to dementia patients, though it increases their risk of death.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN |
279
prescriptions, 17% of all prescriptions |
180
prescriptions. |
100
patients, 33% of all patients |
O |
| GABAPENTIN |
152
prescriptions, 9% of all prescriptions |
127
prescriptions. |
43
patients, 14% of all patients |
|
| OXYCODONE HCL |
103
prescriptions, 6% of all prescriptions |
47
prescriptions. |
25
patients, 8% of all patients |
O |
| TRAMADOL HCL |
97
prescriptions, 6% of all prescriptions |
79
prescriptions. |
47
patients, 16% of all patients |
O |
| OXYCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN |
91
prescriptions, 6% of all prescriptions |
75
prescriptions. |
30
patients, 10% of all patients |
O |
| LYRICA |
66
prescriptions, 4% of all prescriptions |
61
prescriptions. |
19
patients, 6% of all patients |
|
| OXYCONTIN |
65
prescriptions, 4% of all prescriptions |
34
prescriptions. |
15
patients, 5% of all patients |
O |
| DULOXETINE HCL |
63
prescriptions, 4% of all prescriptions |
37
prescriptions. |
20
patients, 7% of all patients |
|
| NORTRIPTYLINE HCL |
58
prescriptions, 4% of all prescriptions |
38
prescriptions. |
15
patients, 5% of all patients |
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 July 8, 2007.
- 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.