Dr. Drue M. Ferrante, MD

  • Gainesville, FL
  • Internist
NPI1265427165PAC ID7618003062
Medicare services, 2024
9,365
Medicare patients, 2024
454
Part D claims, 2024
6,386
MIPS score, 2024
75
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
6500 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32605
Practice phone
Call (352) 333-4100
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Primary practice

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital

Hospital · Gainesville, Florida

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Dr. Drue M. Ferrante is an internist in Gainesville, Florida

Dr. Ferrante practices at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Ferrante's NPI, 1265427165, was assigned on September 16, 2005. Dr. Ferrante graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Ferrante holds Florida license ME77061.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7618003062
NPI enumeration date
September 16, 2005
NPI status
Active
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(352) 333-4100
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
65
Medical school graduation
1987

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante practices at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida

Dr. Ferrante's primary practice is HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, at 6500 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32605 in Alachua County. The practice phone is (352) 333-4100.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Ferrante's primary practice is HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Ferrante is also affiliated with UF Health Shands Hospital. The medical group on file is HCA Florida Gainesville Internal Medicine Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ferrante to 2 more group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ferrante practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
HCA Florida North Florida HospitalAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Drue M. Ferrante is one of 9,009 internists in Florida

Internal medicine is Dr. Ferrante's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ferrante is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ferrante's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, North Carolina, Hawaii and Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME77061 · 1998 to 2026 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • North Carolina license2020 to 2024
  • Hawaii license1988 to 2002
  • Texas license1991 to 1993

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, adjustment disease, alzheimer's disease, aneurysm, anxiety and arteritis among the conditions Dr. Ferrante treats.

Internists near Dr. Ferrante

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante billed Medicare for 9,365 services in 2024

CMS data shows 9,365 Medicare services from Dr. Ferrante across 36 procedure codes in 2024, for 454 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $247,664 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20249,365
Medicare patients454
Paid by Medicare$247,664
Procedure codes36

Dr. Ferrante's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Lab and pathology
2023: 3,4902024: 3,7297%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 2,7002024: 2,8807%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9472024: 9551%
Other services
2023: 4222024: 83598%
Surgery
2023: 8322024: 7757%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1772024: 1918%

Dr. Ferrante compared with the Florida median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Ferrante
  • Florida median
Medicare services
9,365vs 55516.9 times
Medicare patients
454vs 2152.1 times
Part D claims
5,773vs 46612.4 times

Medians across 8,488 internists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ferrante's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante treated 454 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 454 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ferrante in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 240 patients. 74% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.87, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ferrante's median patient age at 72, with 82% women.

Medicare patients, 2024454
Average age75
Average risk score0.87

Dr. Ferrante's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Ferrante's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women36079%
  • Men9421%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ferrante's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure74%
  2. High cholesterol73%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Anxiety28%
  5. Diabetes24%
  6. Ischemic heart disease22%
  7. Cancer20%
  8. Osteoporosis19%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ferrante's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women82%
  • Men18%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante wrote 6,386 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ferrante wrote 6,386 Medicare Part D claims for 472 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,773 of them, across 107 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $352,304 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,078 claims across 97 drugs.

Part D claims, 20246,386
Drugs named by CMS107
Total drug cost$352,304
Part D patients472

Dr. Ferrante's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic5,626 claims88%
  • Brand-name732 claims11%
  • Other28 claims0%

Dr. Ferrante's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Ferrante's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids2%101 of 6,386 claims
  • Antibiotics3%168 of 6,386 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%12 of 6,386 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 5,0782024: 5,77314%

Drugs named by CMS: 107 in 2024, 97 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Ferrante for performance year 2024, reported individually. CMS lists Dr. Ferrante as offering telehealth.

Offers telehealth
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Drue M. Ferrante received $14,658 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 673 general payments to Dr. Ferrante from 54 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $2,039.

General payments to Dr. Ferrante by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Ferrante by kind, 2016 to 2025

$14.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$14,633100%
  • Education$240%

Companies that paid Dr. Ferrante the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Ferrante graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1987.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineNational Board of Physicians and Surgeons

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Ferrante is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Ferrante accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO8
  3. POS5
  4. HMO4
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's NPI number?

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's NPI number is 1265427165. It was assigned on September 16, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante?

Dr. Drue M. Ferrante is an internist in Gainesville, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante practice?

Dr. Ferrante practices at 6500 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32605. Dr. Ferrante's primary practice is HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ferrante to 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ferrante is (352) 333-4100.

What is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's medical license number?

Dr. Ferrante holds Florida license ME77061, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Drue M. Ferrante been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ferrante in Florida (1998 to 2026), North Carolina (2020 to 2024), Hawaii (1988 to 2002) and Texas (1991 to 1993).

Which hospitals is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante affiliated with?

Dr. Ferrante practices at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Ferrante is also affiliated with UF Health Shands Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante part of?

Dr. Ferrante is linked to HCA Florida Gainesville Internal Medicine Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Ferrante to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ferrante billed Medicare for 9,365 services in 2024.

Does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ferrante as offering telehealth services.

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What is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante's MIPS score?

Dr. Ferrante's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante see?

CMS counts 454 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ferrante in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Drue M. Ferrante board certified?

Yes. Dr. Ferrante is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ferrante's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0897), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Drue M. Ferrante go to medical school?

Dr. Ferrante graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1987.

What drugs does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ferrante's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Levothyroxine Sodium and Atorvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Drue M. Ferrante received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $14,658 in general payments to Dr. Ferrante from 54 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.

How long has Dr. Drue M. Ferrante been practicing?

Dr. Ferrante graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Drue M. Ferrante accept?

Dr. Ferrante is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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