Medicare Part D Prescriptions by Healthcare Provider

Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider dataset details prescription drugs paid for under Medicare Part D, identifying individual physicians and healthcare providers by their National Provider Identifier (NPI). For each prescriber, it summarizes the total number of prescriptions dispensed and the total drug cost. The data is published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze prescribing patterns by individual providers using National Provider Identifier (NPI) and total prescription counts.
• Investigate cost variations in Medicare Part D by examining total drug cost per prescriber.
• Profile healthcare provider activity by linking NPI data to total number of prescriptions dispensed.
• Study the relationship between prescription volume and total drug cost for providers within the Medicare Part D program.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Includes key identifiers like National Provider Identifier (NPI) for linking to other provider datasets.
• Captures two core financial and volume metrics: total drug cost and total number of prescriptions.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample data are unavailable, limiting initial assessment of scale and granularity.
• The dataset's temporal coverage and update frequency beyond the last update date are not specified.
• Lacks detailed prescription-level data (e.g., drug names, dosages) as it is summarized at the provider level.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-11.

Geography

United States