Physician

Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Andrea Merkler, APN, CDE (NPI: 1477613073) practices certified clinical nurse specialist in the Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Cook, IL. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION (NPI: 1700824455; TIN: 362169147) and primary practice location at 60453-2659. Merkler is affiliated with the Advocate Physician Partners Accountable Care, Inc. (ACO ID: A1033) and Accountable Care Organization of Advocate Aurora Health, LLC (ACO ID: D0260), participating under both the MSSP and REACH models.

Merkler's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. Part D data shows 13 prescription claims totaling $886 in drug costs. No Open Payments records. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Medicare Part B carrier billing data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have fallen sharply in recent years, from $5,920 to $886. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

No connected Part B records

No connected Part B records

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Part D Events Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Drug cost, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Drug_Cst. Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider.0$5.6K$11K2015 Drug cost: $5,920 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2021 Drug cost: $4,508 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2022 Drug cost: $11,286 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2023 Drug cost: $4,091 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2024 Drug cost: $886 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClaimsDrug Cost
2015N/R18$5,920
2016N/RN/RN/R
2017N/RN/RN/R
2018N/RN/RN/R
2019N/RN/RN/R
2020N/RN/RN/R
2021N/R12$4,508
2022N/R11$11,286
2023N/R14$4,091
2024N/R13$886

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

No connected Part B code-level records for 2024.

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Part D summary data is connected for 2024, but public drug-level costs are not available, so a Top 5 by total drug costs cannot be shown.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary

No connected Open Payments records were found for this physician in General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests.

FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE (NPI 1477613073), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE have ACO affiliation data?

Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE is shown with ACO affiliation data for Advocate Physician Partners Accountable Care, Inc. (MSSP, ACO ID A1033) and Accountable Care Organization of Advocate Aurora Health, LLC (REACH, ACO ID D0260).

What billing organization is linked to Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE?

Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE is linked to ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION (billing NPI 1700824455) in the available physician profile data.

Does Andrea Frances Merkler, APN, CDE have Open Payments data?

No connected Open Payments records are shown for this physician in the available General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.