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#46 Drug: Otezla (Apremilast)
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: $1,045,029,751.00 total spending in 2024.
| State | Prescriber | NPI | Provider Type | Total Claims | Total Benes | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Joseph Hanson | 1760451405 | Dermatology | 99 | 17 | $492,243.46 |
| Alaska | Nathan George | 1134638141 | Nurse Practitioner | 26 | — | $57,421.27 |
| Arizona | Craig Wiggins | 1386088649 | Nurse Practitioner | 109 | 13 | $545,608.66 |
| Arkansas | Kelly Krause | 1487063897 | Physician Assistant | 67 | — | $336,973.06 |
| California | Navid Nami | 1710936646 | Dermatology | 132 | 37 | $667,817.21 |
| Colorado | Laura Howe | 1245678648 | Rheumatology | 160 | 24 | $772,493.44 |
| Connecticut | Crista Prates | 1023531571 | Nurse Practitioner | 87 | — | $448,760.18 |
| Delaware | Paige Venables | 1912410119 | Physician Assistant | 32 | — | $147,518.62 |
| District of Columbia | Charles Mitchell | 1861710121 | Dermatology | 38 | — | $194,028.83 |
| Florida | Susan Zito | 1407992597 | Rheumatology | 86 | — | $428,533.84 |
| Georgia | Myles Jerdan | 1770549701 | Dermatology | 127 | 11 | $444,576.44 |
| Hawaii | Michiko Inaba | 1083833388 | Rheumatology | 45 | — | $224,708.36 |
| Idaho | Dustin Dinning | 1578774022 | Rheumatology | 66 | — | $312,009.13 |
| Illinois | Shriram Lokare | 1497057905 | Rheumatology | 167 | 20 | $803,077.96 |
| Indiana | David Martin | 1952309510 | Dermatology | 141 | 19 | $676,459.35 |
| Iowa | Annette Geary | 1952362683 | Nurse Practitioner | 45 | — | $192,771.27 |
| Kansas | Ting Wang-Weinman | 1801107842 | Dermatology | 51 | 11 | $224,117.73 |
| Kentucky | Melissa Knuckles | 1821074360 | Dermatology | 167 | 27 | $850,992.79 |
| Louisiana | Kristal Guidroz | 1053595702 | Dermatology | 137 | 19 | $670,116.27 |
| Maine | Jerald Hurdle | 1184648784 | Interventional Pain Management | 58 | — | $281,132.59 |
| Maryland | Susan Berger | 1205879111 | Rheumatology | 57 | — | $338,455.93 |
| Massachusetts | Peter Demos | 1619977402 | Dermatology | 110 | 13 | $512,322.29 |
| Michigan | Jonathan Rene | 1861574204 | Rheumatology | 138 | 19 | $695,881.53 |
| Minnesota | Rajneesh Madhok | 1669589438 | Dermatology | 69 | — | $384,403.64 |
| Mississippi | James Cooksey | 1497241285 | Nurse Practitioner | 42 | — | $209,099.26 |
| Missouri | Shayla Sanders | 1841607900 | Nurse Practitioner | 79 | — | $428,858.46 |
| Montana | Dixon Robison | 1003900457 | Dermatology | 39 | — | $192,490.58 |
| Nebraska | Joseph Wenzl | 1588775035 | Family Practice | 26 | — | $58,916.56 |
| Nevada | Harry Greenberg | 1447276175 | Dermatology | 52 | — | $228,279.32 |
| New Hampshire | Michael Chapman | 1649287921 | Dermatology | 56 | — | $282,249.09 |
| New Jersey | David Najarian | 1760694038 | Dermatology | 104 | 12 | $498,872.80 |
| New Mexico | Jayashree Sinha | 1780628495 | Rheumatology | 46 | — | $202,418.81 |
| New York | Kelly Reed | 1730199449 | Physician Assistant | 104 | 14 | $510,178.69 |
| North Carolina | Jeremy Davidson | 1508963539 | Physician Assistant | 92 | 11 | $445,390.68 |
| North Dakota | Steven Barlow | 1275815680 | Nurse Practitioner | 26 | — | $58,752.87 |
| Ohio | Frank Morocco | 1659508018 | Dermatology | 83 | 11 | $401,817.62 |
| Oklahoma | Amanda Bibbs | 1609396944 | Nurse Practitioner | 65 | — | $313,003.74 |
| Oregon | Shawn Macalester | 1871706218 | Rheumatology | 55 | — | $239,596.96 |
| Pennsylvania | Joseph Devich | 1609194943 | Rheumatology | 93 | 13 | $430,200.24 |
| Rhode Island | Tara Whelan | 1619273042 | Dermatology | 50 | — | $245,711.43 |
| South Carolina | Benjamin Addy | 1831520782 | Physician Assistant | 79 | 11 | $428,564.19 |
| South Dakota | Valerie Flynn | 1992996771 | Dermatology | 44 | — | $217,913.02 |
| Tennessee | Jeffry Bieber | 1831294891 | Rheumatology | 71 | — | $307,867.16 |
| Texas | Cynthia Villanueva Ramos | 1104262963 | Family Practice | 186 | 30 | $891,912.52 |
| Utah | Allison Triplitt | 1588853600 | Dermatology | 22 | — | $121,732.22 |
| Vermont | Morgan Merchand | 1801346796 | Nurse Practitioner | 41 | — | $248,931.34 |
| Virginia | Vanessa Sturgill Fant | 1225013428 | Family Practice | 37 | — | $71,912.55 |
| Washington | Jeffrey Butler | 1700956620 | Rheumatology | 59 | — | $288,405.87 |
| West Virginia | Michael Rezaian | 1598821449 | Rheumatology | 353 | 48 | $1,782,145.41 |
| Wisconsin | Kurt Grelck | 1619203858 | Dermatology | 107 | 14 | $510,500.09 |
| Wyoming | Virginia Tubbs | 1609034131 | Nurse Practitioner | 15 | — | $78,989.77 |
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.