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    • Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Geography and Drug

    Metadata Updated: April 26, 2025

    The Medicare Part D Prescribers by Geography and Drug dataset contains information on prescription drugs prescribed by individual physicians and other health care providers and paid for under the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program. For each drug, the dataset includes the total number of prescriptions that were dispensed, which include original prescriptions and any refills, and the total drug cost. The total drug cost includes the ingredient cost of the medication, dispensing fees, sales tax, and any applicable administration fees and is based on the amount paid by the Part D plan, Medicare beneficiary, government subsidies, and any other third-party payers.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicare-part-d-prescribers-methodology

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 26, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 26, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/c8ea3f8e-3a09-4fea-86f2-8902fb4b0920/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2021-12-22
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-24
    Category Medicare
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 009:38
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicare-part-d-prescribers-by-geography-and-drug-data-dictionary
    Harvest Object Id 753c2fa9-aa4a-409a-b3a3-69db6c7c3568
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://data.cms.gov/provider-summary-by-type-of-service/medicare-part-d-prescribers/medicare-part-d-prescribers-by-geography-and-drug
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 009:000
    Related Documents https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicare-part-d-prescribers-methodology
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8d28c23aae962be9df354e5baa5f37607ca9825b937e9218b48fddfcc60b3feb
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2013-01-01/2023-12-31

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