Hospice and Palliative Care
1,375 Medicare Part D prescribers, $88.7M in drug costs.
1,375
Prescribers
$88.7M
Drug Cost
1,082,452
Claims
$65K
Cost/Provider
1,057
Opioid Prescribers
39.5%
Avg Opioid Rate
11.7%
Avg Brand %
1
Flagged
🔎 Data Overview
⚠️
Average opioid prescribing rate of 39.5% is significantly elevated. While some specialties (pain management, anesthesiology) legitimately prescribe opioids at high rates, this figure deserves context about the specialty's typical patient population.
Insights generated from CMS data analysis. Statistical patterns are not accusations — always consider clinical context.
⚠️ Flagged Hospice and Palliative Care Providers
| Provider | Drug Cost | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Lombeida | $489K | 32 |
Top Hospice and Palliative Care Prescribers
| Provider | Claims | Drug Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanette Ferrer | 29 | $2,611 |
| Ketti Petersen | 52 | $4,793 |
| Sheena Zapata | 1,043 | $108K |
| Tammy Durham-Boring | 29,807 | $2.0M |
| Juan Lombeida | 5,956 | $489K |
| Ty Hargroder | 9,579 | $705K |
| Wesam Aziz | 29,349 | $2.0M |
| Chad Kollas | 5,607 | $1.1M |
| Manish Srivastava | 20,269 | $1.2M |
| Naveena Nelson | 32,307 | $2.5M |
| Veronica Baca | 21,043 | $1.8M |
| Jason Abney | 19,996 | $1.0M |