Audiologists

Who they are

• Women 84%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 6%
• Offer telehealth 0%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 91%

Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.

What they do most for Medicare patients

• Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test 972,002
• Test to assess middle ear function 704,732
• Test for eardrum and muscle function 129,663
• Placement of ear probe for computerized measurement of repeated sounds with interpretation and report 53,804
• Test for hearing various pitches using earphone 49,558
• Test for ability to detect and repeat spoken words with speech recognition 37,756
• Evaluation and testing for balance with recording 25,476
• Analysis and reprogramming of inner ear implant (7 years or older) 19,702
• Test to assess balance during warm and cool irrigation in both ears 18,316
• Comprehensive hearing test 17,310
• Placement of ear probe for computerized measurement of sound with interpretation and report 17,290
• Test for hearing various pitches using earphone and device placed against the bone 14,474

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Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.

What they prescribe most

• Famotidine (Pepcid) 28.2%
• Fluticasone Propionate (Flovent Hfa, Flovent Diskus, Xhance) 10.9%
• Montelukast Sodium (Singulair) 10.6%
• Omeprazole 8.2%
• Tobramycin/Dexamethasone (Tobradex, Tobradex St, Tobramycin-Dexamethasone) 4.0%
• Clotrimazole 3.8%
• Azelastine Hcl 3.2%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 3.1%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 3.0%
• Mupirocin 2.8%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 2.6%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.6%
• Cyclobenzaprine Hcl (Amrix) 2.3%
• Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 2.2%
• Clotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip (Clotrimazole-Betamethasone) 1.2%

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Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.

Hospitals where the most work

• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Boston, MA 23 Audiologists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
• St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID 16 Audiologists at St Luke's Regional Medical Center
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 15 Audiologists at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI 15 Audiologists at University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 14 Audiologists at Cleveland Clinic
• University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA 12 Audiologists at University of Virginia Medical Center
• Milton S Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA 12 Audiologists at Milton S Hershey Medical Center
• Musc Medical Center Charleston, SC 10 Audiologists at Musc Medical Center
• University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC Cincinnati, OH 10 Audiologists at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC
• Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL 9 Audiologists at Rush University Medical Center

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Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.

Schools they graduated from most

• University of Florida College of Medicine 113
• Pennsylvania College of Optometry 61
• University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 57
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 41
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 41
• Washington University School of Medicine 40
• University of Louisville School of Medicine 39
• At Still Un of Hlth Sciences, Col of Osteo Med, Mesa 37
• State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine 37
• University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal) 37

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From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).