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#24 Drug: Linzess (Linaclotide)
Top prescriber in each state and DC based on Medicare Part D records.
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State-Level #1 Prescriber Table
Drug ranking is based on Medicare Part D drug spending in 2024 (Q1-Q4). Prescriber ranking is based on Medicare Part D prescriber data in 2023.
Top-100 rank metric for this drug: $1,982,021,464.00 total spending in 2024.
| State | Prescriber | NPI | Provider Type | Total Claims | Total Benes | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Mohamadali Eloubeidi | 1750325569 | Gastroenterology | 476 | 195 | $492,503.99 |
| Alaska | Douglas Haghighi | 1780608406 | Gastroenterology | 94 | 16 | $61,859.00 |
| Arizona | Breana Baker | 1285215541 | Physician Assistant | 178 | 70 | $136,725.20 |
| Arkansas | Hrair Simonian | 1861502973 | Gastroenterology | 309 | 108 | $279,902.76 |
| California | Victor Lyapis | 1760407936 | General Practice | 1,103 | 155 | $629,613.47 |
| Colorado | Elena Anisimova | 1770564437 | Internal Medicine | 365 | 53 | $214,208.37 |
| Connecticut | Housein Wazaz | 1629077714 | Gastroenterology | 689 | 205 | $511,091.54 |
| Delaware | Bhavin Dave | 1144202300 | Gastroenterology | 139 | 45 | $133,402.23 |
| District of Columbia | Cleveland Williams | 1417197435 | General Surgery | 371 | 53 | $219,586.66 |
| Florida | Shaukat Chowdhari | 1336123553 | Interventional Pain Management | 643 | 74 | $355,838.89 |
| Georgia | Galina Vayner | 1891786497 | Internal Medicine | 521 | 168 | $620,535.38 |
| Hawaii | Jack Zhou | 1265402168 | Internal Medicine | 252 | 55 | $162,923.03 |
| Idaho | April Golla | 1972919447 | Nurse Practitioner | 135 | 28 | $76,580.57 |
| Illinois | Eduard Zinger | 1346276656 | Internal Medicine | 572 | 77 | $370,659.51 |
| Indiana | Harry Harvey | 1396722757 | Family Practice | 250 | 29 | $138,071.70 |
| Iowa | Shashinath Chandrahasegowda | 1235333956 | Gastroenterology | 171 | 39 | $126,529.03 |
| Kansas | Matthew Osenbaugh | 1649587593 | Physician Assistant | 197 | 33 | $120,244.95 |
| Kentucky | Eleshia Ammerman | 1477168169 | Physician Assistant | 362 | 88 | $263,660.57 |
| Louisiana | Jennifer Duck | 1770762668 | Physician Assistant | 436 | 117 | $277,968.93 |
| Maine | Michael Monzel | 1437133659 | Gastroenterology | 93 | 31 | $69,803.50 |
| Maryland | Jean Welsh | 1861592461 | Family Practice | 317 | 50 | $196,480.75 |
| Massachusetts | Jose Baez | 1336103233 | Internal Medicine | 578 | 100 | $341,765.10 |
| Michigan | Lawrence Kimball | 1346248937 | Family Practice | 547 | 39 | $164,538.76 |
| Minnesota | Michelle Bjork | 1194752675 | Nurse Practitioner | 196 | 50 | $159,334.24 |
| Mississippi | Richard Goldberg | 1689831844 | Gastroenterology | 472 | 202 | $557,558.48 |
| Missouri | Laurence Lum | 1932193554 | Family Practice | 286 | 52 | $161,039.15 |
| Montana | Jamie Aleba | 1184929572 | Physician Assistant | 108 | 32 | $66,448.95 |
| Nebraska | Marilin Crawford | 1720233554 | Nurse Practitioner | 155 | 15 | $80,262.12 |
| Nevada | Jay Jay Joseph | 1336429745 | Nurse Practitioner | 300 | 63 | $302,921.44 |
| New Hampshire | Sonya Alyea | 1023203734 | Nurse Practitioner | 152 | 28 | $99,900.81 |
| New Jersey | Ramesh Gupta | 1205813391 | Gastroenterology | 435 | 135 | $537,747.57 |
| New Mexico | Fernando Pardo-Ruiz | 1750495966 | Internal Medicine | 140 | 22 | $63,439.53 |
| New York | Mikhail Korogluyev | 1083820252 | Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | 1,288 | 156 | $730,371.40 |
| North Carolina | Hoover Royals | 1093851891 | Family Practice | 877 | 92 | $478,514.20 |
| North Dakota | Megan Kipp | 1548654585 | Physician Assistant | 124 | 19 | $72,487.39 |
| Ohio | Kerry Nie | 1780770057 | Physician Assistant | 349 | 101 | $203,332.14 |
| Oklahoma | Heidi Haislip | 1336447135 | Family Practice | 257 | 24 | $139,436.20 |
| Oregon | Amy Littlejohn | 1902884497 | Physician Assistant | 113 | 23 | $64,959.76 |
| Pennsylvania | Sergei Chekov | 1265470306 | Internal Medicine | 926 | 102 | $527,865.24 |
| Rhode Island | Jennifer Geremia | 1154443976 | Physician Assistant | 216 | 54 | $142,898.62 |
| South Carolina | Roger Polsky | 1578922332 | Nurse Practitioner | 325 | 117 | $247,528.48 |
| South Dakota | Amanda Richter | 1124503016 | Nurse Practitioner | 93 | 22 | $54,898.63 |
| Tennessee | Anahita Anderson | 1306389903 | Nurse Practitioner | 548 | 201 | $595,321.60 |
| Texas | Maribel Deponce | 1003047523 | Physician Assistant | 419 | 159 | $391,169.57 |
| Utah | Julie Powers | 1457991200 | Nurse Practitioner | 231 | — | $58,614.38 |
| Vermont | Fady Asslo | 1659653723 | Gastroenterology | 64 | 11 | $36,974.41 |
| Virginia | John Kim | 1053472159 | Internal Medicine | 402 | 88 | $304,334.55 |
| Washington | Michelle Thompson | 1851684765 | Gastroenterology | 125 | 37 | $104,212.35 |
| West Virginia | Autumn Feazell | 1134493125 | Nurse Practitioner | 238 | 84 | $214,181.90 |
| Wisconsin | Nosheen Hasan | 1003800285 | Interventional Pain Management | 451 | 121 | $267,368.36 |
| Wyoming | Chad Cooper | 1770876229 | Gastroenterology | 53 | 13 | $52,329.42 |
Method Note
- Top 100 drugs are ranked by Tot_Spndng from CMS Part D drug spending data. Brand + generic pair is used for ranking and matching.
- For each state and DC, the #1 prescriber is selected by highest Tot_Drug_Cst for the same brand + generic pair, using the 2023 prescriber file.
- If a state has no matching record, values are shown as em dash.