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#85 Drug: Taltz Autoinjector (Ixekizumab)
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: $564,471,357.60 total spending in 2024.
| State | Prescriber | NPI | Provider Type | Total Claims | Total Benes | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Natalie George | 1114298510 | Physician Assistant | 82 | — | $537,748.13 |
| Alaska | Robert Moreland | 1790712842 | Dermatology | 32 | — | $295,619.68 |
| Arizona | Karla Horton | 1710934823 | Physician Assistant | 33 | — | $224,045.31 |
| Arkansas | Dawn Hopper | 1366981151 | Nurse Practitioner | 65 | — | $432,992.04 |
| California | Tien Nguyen | 1396741351 | Dermatology | 243 | 28 | $1,660,861.46 |
| Colorado | Laura Howe | 1245678648 | Rheumatology | 60 | 12 | $502,900.66 |
| Connecticut | Marcus Mcferren | 1891971651 | Dermatology | 35 | — | $248,970.05 |
| Delaware | Thomas Burke | 1881698389 | Dermatology | 40 | — | $297,288.29 |
| District of Columbia | Dominique Durante | 1790245108 | Dermatology | 12 | — | $83,468.88 |
| Florida | Ricardo Garcia Alemany | 1144458233 | Rheumatology | 66 | — | $548,704.20 |
| Georgia | Tomas Chao | 1316003577 | Physician Assistant | 65 | — | $452,757.14 |
| Hawaii | Dylan Lee | 1174028351 | Dermatology | 30 | — | $238,250.50 |
| Idaho | Marcy Bauer | 1407281033 | Nurse Practitioner | 43 | — | $312,591.49 |
| Illinois | Jeremy Medler | 1922159110 | Physician Assistant | 50 | — | $325,267.93 |
| Indiana | Kevin Crawford | 1417132911 | Dermatology | 68 | — | $516,466.00 |
| Iowa | Gail Dooley | 1093382632 | Nurse Practitioner | 28 | — | $284,583.80 |
| Kansas | Caedran Peete | 1811413842 | Nurse Practitioner | 44 | — | $309,296.54 |
| Kentucky | Christy Baker | 1780671651 | Nurse Practitioner | 42 | — | $275,753.31 |
| Louisiana | Blair Budden | 1831458363 | Dermatology | 75 | — | $527,099.16 |
| Maine | Jerald Hurdle | 1184648784 | Interventional Pain Management | 50 | — | $368,464.65 |
| Maryland | Benjamin Lockshin | 1275523110 | Dermatology | 37 | — | $251,799.73 |
| Massachusetts | Matthew Axelrod | 1932385002 | Rheumatology | 90 | 12 | $635,756.64 |
| Michigan | Kevin Gaffney | 1194740449 | Dermatology | 51 | — | $413,012.68 |
| Minnesota | Elizabeth Blixt | 1487900577 | Dermatology | 35 | — | $244,954.54 |
| Mississippi | Charles King | 1538137989 | Rheumatology | 36 | — | $292,662.08 |
| Missouri | Steven Baak | 1598738262 | Rheumatology | 84 | 17 | $688,956.38 |
| Montana | Roger Diegel | 1770660896 | Internal Medicine | 28 | — | $313,004.90 |
| Nebraska | Jay Kenik | 1063522266 | Rheumatology | 31 | — | $223,159.26 |
| Nevada | Jeremy Brett | 1992391627 | Physician Assistant | 15 | — | $100,801.95 |
| New Hampshire | Hoke Shirley | 1962432047 | Rheumatology | 51 | — | $363,704.69 |
| New Jersey | Jerry Bagel | 1992772156 | Dermatology | 56 | — | $362,241.71 |
| New Mexico | Leroy Pacheco | 1568438752 | Rheumatology | 25 | — | $196,972.64 |
| New York | Eddys Disla | 1679619233 | Internal Medicine | 76 | 16 | $647,929.81 |
| North Carolina | James Logan | 1689675175 | Rheumatology | 52 | — | $362,656.30 |
| North Dakota | Jessica Satrom | 1669939658 | Physician Assistant | 30 | — | $228,574.95 |
| Ohio | George Drew | 1245298009 | Dermatology | 96 | — | $668,313.96 |
| Oklahoma | Jeremy Morgan | 1588148571 | Nurse Practitioner | 47 | — | $306,635.17 |
| Oregon | Atulya Deodhar | 1558376053 | Rheumatology | 53 | — | $515,359.52 |
| Pennsylvania | Joseph Devich | 1609194943 | Rheumatology | 48 | 11 | $334,182.59 |
| Rhode Island | Paul Mallari | 1801889787 | Physician Assistant | 39 | — | $269,975.27 |
| South Carolina | Hunter Burch | 1306935333 | Dermatology | 49 | — | $330,045.69 |
| South Dakota | Mandi Greenway | 1679830905 | Dermatology | 37 | — | $261,980.16 |
| Tennessee | Sivalingam Kanagasegar | 1982666012 | Internal Medicine | 52 | — | $348,373.92 |
| Texas | Nina Olvera | 1851856926 | Family Practice | 105 | 17 | $721,700.91 |
| Utah | Kristina Duffin | 1659397040 | Dermatology | 23 | — | $155,660.04 |
| Vermont | Morgan Merchand | 1801346796 | Nurse Practitioner | 46 | — | $343,120.90 |
| Virginia | Keith Robinson | 1174704183 | Dermatology | 61 | — | $424,491.49 |
| Washington | Benjamin Matthews | 1205372604 | Nurse Practitioner | 47 | — | $353,333.35 |
| West Virginia | Michael Rezaian | 1598821449 | Rheumatology | 82 | 15 | $556,508.09 |
| Wisconsin | Eric Gowing | 1578557666 | Rheumatology | 53 | — | $358,244.78 |
| Wyoming | Rebecca Samberg | 1255815965 | Nurse Practitioner | 14 | — | $99,087.35 |
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.