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RI Ranks 49th for Doctors and Has the Highest Malpractice Payouts Per Capita

Monday, March 28, 2016

GoLocalProv News Team

A new study released Monday morning finds that RI ranks among the worst places in America for physician to practice.

According to an analysis released by WalletHub ranks RI only behind Washington DC and New York.

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“Not only does the average medical-school graduate leave campus with roughly $180,000 in debt, but the medical profession has also been undergoing intense transformation in recent years. The Affordable Care Act, the rise of branded hospital networks and the retirement of Baby Boomers are all complicating the lives of doctors and warranting pause from potential whitecoats,” said WalletHub in the analysis.

Most disturbing for Rhode Island doctors may be that the state ranks last — with the highest per capita payout in malpractice awards. RI's is 35 times higher than North Dakota's per capita malpractice paymenrs.

{image_2}WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 11 key metrics. There data set ranges from “physicians’ mean annual wage” to “number of physicians per capita” to “malpractice award payouts per capita.”

Source: WalletHub

Related Slideshow: #50 to #1: Doctors in RI with the Most Medicare Prescription Claims

The following information was found on ProPublica, which performs investigative journalism for the sake of the public interest.

The doctors listed here self-identified internal medicine as their primary specialty, and are sorted from the lowest amount of Medicare prescription claims filled in 2013 (the latest data year available) to the highest amount of Medicare prescription claims filled during that time frame.

#50

Prescriber: Robert Cicchelli MD

City: Middletown

Claims Filled: 12,483

Total Cost: $548K

# of Medicare D Patients: 480

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 23%

#49

Prescriber: Parul Shah MD

City: East Providence

Claims Filled: 12,498

Total Cost: $547K

# of Medicare D Patients: 499

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 19%

#48

Prescriber: Amber Gul M.D.

City: Pawtucket

Claims Filled: 12,694

Total Cost: $524K

# of Medicare D Patients: 463

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 22%

#47

Prescriber: Mechery Davis MD

City: Warwick

Claims Filled: 13,052

Total Cost: $534K

# of Medicare D Patients: 443

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#46

Prescriber: Cassandra Constantino MD

City: Bristol

Claims Filled: 13,054

Total Cost: $493K

# of Medicare D Patients: 530

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 14%

#45

Prescriber: Joan Harrison M.D.

City: Tiverton

Claims Filled: 13,219

Total Cost: $541K

# of Medicare D Patients: 465

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 16%

#44

Prescriber: Alberto Erfe MD

City: Woonsocket

Claims Filled: 13,269

Total Cost: $748K

# of Medicare D Patients: 286

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 28%

#43

Prescriber: Richard Ryter MD

City: Smithfield

Claims Filled: 13,350

Total Cost: $490K

# of Medicare D Patients: 611

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#42

Prescriber: Stephen Beaupre MD

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 13,397

Total Cost: $559K

# of Medicare D Patients: 421

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#41

Prescriber: Peter Eller M.D.

City: Pawtucket

Claims Filled: 13,465

Total Cost: $596K

# of Medicare D Patients: 709

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#40

Prescriber: Jason Boudjouk M.D.

City: Warwick

Claims Filled: 13,488

Total Cost: $616K

# of Medicare D Patients: 419

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 20%

#39

Prescriber: Stephanie Krusz MD

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 13,525

Total Cost: $508K

# of Medicare D Patients: 514

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 19%

#38

Prescriber: Gilbert Teixeira DO

City: East Providence

Claims Filled: 13,654

Total Cost: $664K

# of Medicare D Patients: 530

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 17%

#37

Prescriber: Richard Leach DO

City: East Greenwich

Claims Filled: 13,655

Total Cost: $494K

# of Medicare D Patients: 541

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 17%

#36

Prescriber: James Cardi M.D.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 14,253

Total Cost: $554K

# of Medicare D Patients: 621

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 16%

#35

Prescriber: Leonard Mannarelli D.O.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 14,515

Total Cost: $682K

# of Medicare D Patients: 423

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 19%

#34

Prescriber: John Bandola M.D.

City: Wakefield

Claims Filled: 14,736

Total Cost: $583K

# of Medicare D Patients: 537

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 18%

#33

Prescriber: Jeffry Winters MD

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 15,013

Total Cost: $535K

# of Medicare D Patients: 684

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#32

Prescriber: Amir Alizadeh, MD Inc. MD

City: North Providence

Claims Filled: 15,019

Total Cost: $506K

# of Medicare D Patients: 683

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#31

Prescriber: Herman Ayvazyan MD

City: East Providence

Claims Filled: 15,075

Total Cost: $670K

# of Medicare D Patients: 580

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 19%

#30

Prescriber: Fred Ferri MD

City: Johnston

Claims Filled: 15,147

Total Cost: $446K

# of Medicare D Patients: 596

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 13%

#29

Prescriber: Angelo Dicenso M.D.

City: Johnston

Claims Filled: 15,324

Total Cost: $482K

# of Medicare D Patients: 659

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#28

Prescriber: Kimberly Humulock DO

City: Warwick

Claims Filled: 15,337

Total Cost: $614K

# of Medicare D Patients: 492

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 17%

#27

Prescriber: Greigstone Yearwood M.D.

City: Woonsocket

Claims Filled: 15,401

Total Cost: $754K

# of Medicare D Patients: 540

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 18%

#26

Prescriber: Donald McNiece MD

City: Wakefield

Claims Filled: 15,571

Total Cost: $657K

# of Medicare D Patients: 706

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 19%

#25

Prescriber: Jeffrey Drogin MD

City: East Providence

Claims Filled: 15,686

Total Cost: $936K

# of Medicare D Patients: 711

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 22%

#24

Prescriber: David DiCecco M.D.

City: North Providence

Claims Filled: 15,690

Total Cost: $627K

# of Medicare D Patients: 418

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 23%

#23

Prescriber: Dennis Botelho MD

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 15,845

Total Cost: $633K

# of Medicare D Patients: 584

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 17%

#22

Prescriber: Bassam Khabbaz MD

City: Cumberland

Claims Filled: 15,884

Total Cost: $861K

# of Medicare D Patients: 310

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 26%

#21

Prescriber: Sumaira Ali M.D.

City: Greenville

Claims Filled: 16,266

Total Cost: $761K

# of Medicare D Patients: 446

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 25%

#20

Prescriber: Gregory Allen D.O.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 16,475

Total Cost: $862K

# of Medicare D Patients: 435

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 26%

#19

Prescriber: Hugo Yamada MD

City: Lincoln

Claims Filled: 16,605

Total Cost: $967K

# of Medicare D Patients: 594

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 21%

#18

Prescriber: Nicholas Turilli D.O.

City: Warwick

Claims Filled: 16,871

Total Cost: $867K

# of Medicare D Patients: 659

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 23%

#17

Prescriber: Pamela Harrop MD

City: Bristol

Claims Filled: 17,393

Total Cost: $667K

# of Medicare D Patients: 485

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 18%

#16

Prescriber: Kathleen Gordon DO

City: Johnston

Claims Filled: 17,864

Total Cost: $734K

# of Medicare D Patients: 626

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 21%

#15

Prescriber: Job Sandoval MD

City: Westerly

Claims Filled: 18,348

Total Cost: $567K

# of Medicare D Patients: 744

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 14%

#14

Prescriber: Howard Perrone M.D.

City: Bristol

Claims Filled: 18,585

Total Cost: $746K

# of Medicare D Patients: 531

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 21%

#13

Prescriber: Stanley Balon M.D.

City: Cumberland

Claims Filled: 19,272

Total Cost: $663K

# of Medicare D Patients: 664

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 15%

#12

Prescriber: Olga Tverskaya M.D.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 19,766

Total Cost: $928K

# of Medicare D Patients: 530

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 23%

#11

Prescriber: Christopher Superczynski M.D.

City: Woonsocket

Claims Filled: 20,483

Total Cost: $901K

# of Medicare D Patients: 1,008

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 16%

#10

Prescriber: Edward Gauthier M.D.

City: North Providence

Claims Filled: 20,741

Total Cost: $961K

# of Medicare D Patients: 384

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 27%

#9

Prescriber: William Beliveau MD

City: Johnston

Claims Filled: 20,888

Total Cost: $952K

# of Medicare D Patients: 931

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 25%

#8

Prescriber: Frank Maggiacomo D.O.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 22,043

Total Cost: $1.01M

# of Medicare D Patients: 869

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 19%

#7

Prescriber: Ahmad Al-Raqqad M.D.

City: Pawtucket

Claims Filled: 23,773

Total Cost: $1.03M

# of Medicare D Patients: 581

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 21%

#6

Prescriber: Anthony Lombardi MD

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 24,203

Total Cost: $1.11M

# of Medicare D Patients: 713

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 24%

#5

Prescriber: Ralph Santoro M.D.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 28,596

Total Cost: $1.32M

# of Medicare D Patients: 641

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 24%

#4

Prescriber: Avanish Mehta M.D.

City: Cumberland

Claims Filled: 30,098

Total Cost: $1.48M

# of Medicare D Patients: 480

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 26%

#3

Prescriber: Richard Ruggieri M.D.

City: Providence

Claims Filled: 37,529

Total Cost: $1.82M

# of Medicare D Patients: 1,167

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 23%

#2

Prescriber: Shahzad Khurshid M.D.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 38,060

Total Cost: $1.74M

# of Medicare D Patients: 731

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 26%

#1

Prescriber: Hao Huang M.D.

City: Cranston

Claims Filled: 83,917

Total Cost: $4.03M

# of Medicare D Patients: 1,568

Claims for Brand Name Drugs: 26%

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