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ANDREW CHAN M.D.

17 ELIZABETH ST RM# 502

New york | New York | 10013

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At A Glance: This Prescriber in 2016

Psychiatry

Self-Reported Primary Specialty

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8,638Medicare Part D Prescriptions Filled, Including Refills

Rank: 24 out of 1616 providers in this state and specialty

$365K Total Retail Price of All Prescriptions

Rank: 186 out of 1616 providers in this state and specialty

521 Patients Receiving at Least One Drug in Part D
78% Patients 65 Years and Older

93% Subsidized Claims for Low-Income Patients

How Does This Prescriber Compare to Peers?

In the same specialty and state. Caveats »

Drugs That Present Special Risks
Costs of Prescribing
higher than average Average for
this specialty
in New York lower than average

Antipsychotics

87% of this provider’s 406 patients who are 65 and older filled at least one prescription for an antipsychotic drug, compared to an average of 44%.

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Antibiotics

2% of this provider’s 521 patients filled at least one prescription for an antibiotic drug, compared to an average of 1%.

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Opioids

0% of this provider’s 521 patients filled at least one prescription for an opioid, compared to an average of 1%.

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Brand Name Drugs

10% of this provider’s prescriptions were for brand-name drugs, compared to an average of 11%.

Prescription Price

$42 was the average price of a prescription from this provider, compared to $92 among peers.

Prescriptions per Patient

17 is the average number of prescriptions (including refills) per patient, compared to an average of 16.


How This Provider’s Patients Compare

Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all 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

$503K

2014

$477K

2015

$365K

2016

Number of Claims

7,068

2014

7,671

2015

8,638

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 and compared with the rank for all providers in the same specialty and state. 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.

10

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 Drug's Rank
Drug Name Total Prescriptions Filled with Refills Prescriptions
to 65+ 		Patients Receiving this Drug Category For this Prescriber For this Prescriber's Peers
CLONAZEPAM 2,395

prescriptions, 28% of all prescriptions

 1,910

prescriptions.

 327

patients, 63% of all patients

 1 1
QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 1,804

prescriptions, 21% of all prescriptions

 1,475

prescriptions.

 269

patients, 52% of all patients

 P 2 2
CLOZAPINE 940

prescriptions, 11% of all prescriptions

 295

prescriptions.

 51

patients, 10% of all patients

 P 3 18
OLANZAPINE 818

prescriptions, 9% of all prescriptions

 613

prescriptions.

 119

patients, 23% of all patients

 P 4 6
ALPRAZOLAM 392

prescriptions, 5% of all prescriptions

 359

prescriptions.

 55

patients, 11% of all patients

 5 13
RISPERIDONE 185

prescriptions, 2% of all prescriptions

 129

prescriptions.

 35

patients, 7% of all patients

 P 6 4
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM 116

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 72

prescriptions.

 14

patients, 3% of all patients

 7 126
CRESTOR 98

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 37

prescriptions.

 11

patients, 2% of all patients

 8 151
SEROQUEL XR 83

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 52

prescriptions.

 <11 P 9 32
HYDROCORTISONE 77

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 54

prescriptions.

 40

patients, 8% of all patients

 10 185
LORAZEPAM 77

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 41

prescriptions.

 <11 10 14
METFORMIN HCL 71

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 30

prescriptions.

 12

patients, 2% of all patients

 12 96
HALOPERIDOL 60

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 20

prescriptions.

 <11 P 13 26
ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM 51

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 46

prescriptions.

 <11 14 95
ARIPIPRAZOLE 50

prescriptions, 1% of all prescriptions

 33

prescriptions.

 <11 P 15 8
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 7, 2010.
  • 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.