Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Kansas
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in Kansas fell 5% between 2013 and 2024 — a slower fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 320,168 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 65,019 patients, an average of 4.92 fills per patient per year, which ranks 15 of 51 states. Alprazolam accounts for 36.8% of it.
Kansas over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines Kansas prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alprazolam | 117,785 | 36.8% |
| Clonazepam | 82,207 | 25.7% |
| Lorazepam | 73,905 | 23.1% |
| Diazepam | 27,420 | 8.6% |
| Temazepam | 16,135 | 5% |
Psychiatric prescribers in Kansas
141 psychiatric prescribers in Kansas appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 15 of them recorded at least a 50% fall in benzodiazepine claims since 2019. Sorted by change, largest reduction first.
This is a record, not a recommendation. A fall in Medicare benzodiazepine claims has many possible explanations — a changing patient panel, retirement, a shift to another payer, or simply dropping below the threshold CMS publishes. It does not establish that a prescriber supports tapering, and a low number does not mean they will take you as a patient. Use it as one input, then ask the five vetting questions.
| Prescriber | City | 2019 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semhal AbbayPsychiatry | Newton | 210 | 11 | -94.8% |
| Cord HustonPsychiatry | Lawrence | 550 | 37 | -93.3% |
| Dilip PatelPsychiatry | Emporia | 99 | 12 | -87.9% |
| Trever KrehbielPsychiatry | Wichita | 608 | 74 | -87.8% |
| John WhipplePsychiatry | Lawrence | 104 | 14 | -86.5% |
| Jan CampbellPsychiatry | Kansas City | 118 | 31 | -73.7% |
| Felix Martinez-MercadoPsychiatry | Manhattan | 252 | 73 | -71% |
| Patrick StangPsychiatry | Great Bend | 1,257 | 386 | -69.3% |
| Aveekshit TripathiPsychiatry | Manhattan | 270 | 102 | -62.2% |
| Andrew LauronillaPsychiatry | Wichita | 153 | 58 | -62.1% |
| Kenneth SonnenscheinNeuropsychiatry | Overland Park | 121 | 48 | -60.3% |
| Teresa LongPsychiatry | Kansas City | 129 | 54 | -58.1% |
| Sergio ZaderenkoPsychiatry | Prairie Village | 383 | 173 | -54.8% |
| Michael PronkoPsychiatry | Prairie Village | 92 | 42 | -54.3% |
| Lakshika RanaweeraPsychiatry | Manhattan | 713 | 353 | -50.5% |
| Jeremy TanPsychiatry | Hutchinson | 1,028 | 540 | -47.5% |
| George JerkovichPsychiatry | Salina | 402 | 214 | -46.8% |
| Mercedes PeralesPsychiatry | Wichita | 366 | 199 | -45.6% |
| Awni GayedPsychiatry | Leawood | 330 | 183 | -44.5% |
| David BlakelyPsychiatry | Topeka | 323 | 184 | -43% |
| Taylor PorterPsychiatry | Lawrence | 516 | 309 | -40.1% |
| John LecuyerPsychiatry & Neurology | Prairie Village | 436 | 262 | -39.9% |
| Man AnandPsychiatry | Leavenworth | 67 | 41 | -38.8% |
| Alisha CoulsonPsychiatry | Salina | 136 | 85 | -37.5% |
| Garry PorterPsychiatry | Wichita | 537 | 339 | -36.9% |
| Lin XuPsychiatry | Wichita | 147 | 93 | -36.7% |
| Nancy IsraelPsychiatry | Leawood | 41 | 28 | -31.7% |
| Elias ChediakPsychiatry | Lawrence | 450 | 326 | -27.6% |
| Dwight St ClairPsychiatry | Wichita | 445 | 331 | -25.6% |
| Rex LearPsychiatry | Wichita | 482 | 360 | -25.3% |
| Katherine GrimsleyPsychiatry | Wichita | 163 | 126 | -22.7% |
| Marceil BaumanborkPsychiatry | Topeka | 163 | 131 | -19.6% |
| Laura HeckertPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | 104 | 86 | -17.3% |
| David HonPsychiatry | Newton | 248 | 207 | -16.5% |
| Brent CranePsychiatry | Wichita | 118 | 99 | -16.1% |
| Michael EversonPsychiatry | Leawood | 605 | 511 | -15.5% |
| Richard WarnerPsychiatry | Overland Park | 617 | 527 | -14.6% |
| Nana DadsonPsychiatry | Lawrence | 335 | 287 | -14.3% |
| Angela Mayorga MayPsychiatry | Kansas City | 98 | 86 | -12.2% |
| Erick BrownPsychiatry | Leawood | 1,370 | 1,237 | -9.7% |
| Amanda KlassPsychiatry | Kansas City | 113 | 102 | -9.7% |
| Stephen SamuelsonPsychiatry & Neurology | Overland Park | 583 | 543 | -6.9% |
| Cheryl WehlerPsychiatry | Wichita | 43 | 41 | -4.7% |
| Sasha HamdaniPsychiatry | Leawood | 225 | 215 | -4.4% |
| Ely TamanoPsychiatry | Leawood | 1,041 | 1,008 | -3.2% |
| Dagoberto HerediaPsychiatry | Lawrence | 250 | 242 | -3.2% |
| Paul MurphyPsychiatry | Wichita | 477 | 462 | -3.1% |
| Kevin MaysPsychiatry | Leawood | 2,520 | 2,496 | -1% |
| Eric KulickPsychiatry & Neurology | Prairie Village | 96 | 96 | 0% |
| Hannah OliverPsychiatry | Wichita | 11 | 11 | 0% |
| Wade HachinskyPsychiatry | Leawood | 862 | 907 | +5.2% |
| Mukhtar ShahPsychiatry | Wichita | 551 | 581 | +5.4% |
| Anne ClarkPsychiatry | Overland Park | 579 | 619 | +6.9% |
| Heidi OgdenPsychiatry | Wichita | 849 | 933 | +9.9% |
| Mark RomereimPsychiatry | Hays | 638 | 708 | +11% |
| Andrew SegravesPsychiatry | Leawood | 304 | 340 | +11.8% |
| Kofi Amoako-AbabioPsychiatry | Salina | 135 | 151 | +11.9% |
| Michelle BirdsellPsychiatry & Neurology | Overland Park | 299 | 347 | +16.1% |
| Sherman ColePsychiatry | Leawood | 366 | 426 | +16.4% |
| Satinder MahalPsychiatry | Newton | 277 | 326 | +17.7% |
| Matthew MastersonPsychiatry | Topeka | 284 | 336 | +18.3% |
| Douglas GeenensPsychiatry & Neurology | Leawood | 568 | 688 | +21.1% |
| Hiten SoniPsychiatry | Lawrence | 90 | 109 | +21.1% |
| Olga SokolovaPsychiatry | Wichita | 222 | 280 | +26.1% |
| Guillermo IbarraPsychiatry | Lenexa | 130 | 166 | +27.7% |
| Sheba KhalidPsychiatry | Overland Park | 201 | 270 | +34.3% |
| David HarrisPsychiatry | Topeka | 64 | 90 | +40.6% |
| Irfan HandooPsychiatry | Leawood | 468 | 678 | +44.9% |
| Brent MenningerPsychiatry & Neurology | Overland Park | 47 | 69 | +46.8% |
| Matthew CareyPsychiatry | Lawrence | 318 | 488 | +53.5% |
| Steven SegravesPsychiatry | Leawood | 1,135 | 1,775 | +56.4% |
| Umar WadoodPsychiatry | Fairway | 496 | 791 | +59.5% |
| Maria DavilaPsychiatry | Fairway | 73 | 121 | +65.8% |
| Lolitta AznaurovaPsychiatry | Leawood | 470 | 799 | +70% |
| Miguel StamatiPsychiatry & Neurology | Prairie Village | 76 | 131 | +72.4% |
| M BrownNeuropsychiatry | Overland Park | 291 | 509 | +74.9% |
| Gregory HahnPsychiatry | Topeka | 365 | 640 | +75.3% |
| Harjot BhullarPsychiatry | Kansas City | 48 | 96 | +100% |
| Dawny BarnhartPsychiatry | Pittsburg | 237 | 475 | +100.4% |
| Rimi GrewalPsychiatry & Neurology | Overland Park | 73 | 162 | +121.9% |
| James OwensPsychiatry | Wichita | 229 | 513 | +124% |
| Shakila TanjimPsychiatry | Topeka | 306 | 778 | +154.2% |
| Ralph BharatiPsychiatry | Wichita | 67 | 201 | +200% |
| Carolina Aponte UrdanetaNeuropsychiatry | Prairie Village | 25 | 101 | +304% |
| Rubin MoorePsychiatry & Neurology | Overland Park | 51 | 215 | +321.6% |
| Christopher VanhornPsychiatry | Leawood | 11 | 56 | +409.1% |
| Fernand GautierPsychiatry | Osawatomie | 12 | 75 | +525% |
| Salma VelazquezPsychiatry | Leawood | 31 | 283 | +812.9% |
| Emmanuel OkekePsychiatry | Larned | 13 | 132 | +915.4% |
| Tyler KjorvestadPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 317 | — |
| Timothy SpearsPsychiatry | Iola | — | 310 | — |
| Ethan BickelhauptPsychiatry | Topeka | — | 270 | — |
| Nicholas LoughmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 265 | — |
| Madison RobertsPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 202 | — |
| Umang ShahPsychiatry | Merriam | — | 196 | — |
| Anchana DominicPsychiatry & Neurology | Osawatomie | — | 185 | — |
| Andrew KlisePsychiatry | Hays | — | 143 | — |
| Veronica Amey-PerrinPsychiatry | Hutchinson | — | 137 | — |
| Christian BarrettPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 110 | — |
| Boma UgwuPsychiatry | Manhattan | — | 108 | — |
| David WichmanPsychiatry | Manhattan | — | 94 | — |
| Garrett LambertPsychiatry & Neurology | Overland Park | — | 91 | — |
| Christopher WilsonPsychiatry | Topeka | — | 82 | — |
| Jennifer HansonPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 79 | — |
| William WebbPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 75 | — |
| Kashif HameedPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 73 | — |
| Shane ThomasPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 69 | — |
| Pir ShahPsychiatry & Neurology | Salina | — | 62 | — |
| David MasolakPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 57 | — |
| Todd MeklesPsychiatry | Olathe | — | 54 | — |
| Madeline HochwaltPsychiatry | Wichita | — | 40 | — |
| Kenneth FraserPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 39 | — |
| Ujjwala SinghPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 39 | — |
| Landry TafangPsychiatry | Lenexa | — | 37 | — |
| Scott McmahonPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 35 | — |
| Hiba AbualamaPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 34 | — |
| Ashutosh AgarwalPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 31 | — |
| Vidur SolankiPsychiatry | Overland Park | — | 29 | — |
| Laura DandridgePsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 28 | — |
| John NethertonPsychiatry | Wichita | — | 27 | — |
| Mary JohnsonPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 27 | — |
| Megan ClearyPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 25 | — |
| Morgan AlfieriPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 24 | — |
| Faisal AnsariPsychiatry | Olathe | — | 24 | — |
| Andrew MolitorisPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 23 | — |
| Jasmine KaurPsychiatry | Wichita | — | 22 | — |
| Alisha SapkotaPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 20 | — |
| Jeffrey BogardPsychiatry | Wichita | — | 20 | — |
| Jessica PeelingPsychiatry | Newton | — | 19 | — |
| Shilpa SachdevaPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 18 | — |
| Levi CragheadPsychiatry & Neurology | Kansas City | — | 18 | — |
| Payam MokhtariPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 14 | — |
| Danielle JonesPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 13 | — |
| Rhanda Marie EbohPsychiatry | Wichita | — | 13 | — |
| Jana LincolnPsychiatry | Wichita | — | 13 | — |
| Amy TerryPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 13 | — |
| Christina ReidPsychiatry & Neurology | Wichita | — | 12 | — |
| David MatuszewskiNeuropsychiatry | Wichita | — | 12 | — |
| Tara RichardsonPsychiatry | Mission | — | 11 | — |
| Gregory MaggioPsychiatry | Kansas City | — | 11 | — |
| Eeman AkhtarPsychiatry | Lawrence | 16 | 198 | +1137.5% |
Figures are reproduced from the CMS public use files without alteration. Clinicians who believe a row misstates their record can write to support@taperoffbenzos.com and we will check it against the source file and correct or remove it.
Finding a prescriber in Kansas
This data describes prescribing patterns; it does not tell you who will support a slow taper. For that, our guide to finding a benzo-wise prescriber compares every free provider directory that exists and lists the five questions that predict how a taper will go. If you already have a prescriber, the taper calculator generates a schedule to review with them.
Frequently asked questions
Is benzodiazepine prescribing rising or falling in Kansas?
It fell 5% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a slower fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, Kansas recorded 320,168 benzodiazepine claims across 65,019 patients.
How does Kansas compare to other states?
Kansas ranks 15 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 4.92 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 39 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in Kansas?
Alprazolam, at 117,785 claims — 36.8% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Clonazepam (25.7%) and Lorazepam (23.1%).
Source
CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers public use files, data years 2013–2024 (US Government work, public domain). Medicare Part D only — it excludes commercial insurance and cash-pay, skews toward patients 65 and over, and suppresses cells of 10 or fewer claims. Full methodology and limitations are on the national page.