Florida

Medicare Migraine Prescribing Gap Report

90.3%

of primary care physicians actively prescribing triptans to Medicare patients in Florida have never prescribed a CGRP medication

1,075gap PCPs
116prescribing CGRPs
1,191 total active prescribers

How Florida compares

Florida90.3%
National average90.4%

Florida's 90.3% gap is near the national average of 90.4%. 1,075 of 1,191 primary care physicians with an active Medicare migraine patient panel have never written a CGRP prescription.

Metro breakdown

CityActive prescribersNever prescribed CGRPGap %
Jacksonville464393.5%
Sarasota373697.3%
Miami3333100%
Lakeland343294.1%
Fort Myers312890.3%
Tampa302790%

About the data

Based on CMS Medicare Part D prescribing data — the only publicly available provider-level prescribing dataset in the United States. Active prescriber = 20+ triptan claims in the observation period. Medicare patients represent a subset of the total migraine population; the true gap is likely larger. Full methodology →

What drives the gap

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Citation

Doty A. Migraine Prescribing Gap in Florida. The Headache Vault; 2026.
Available at: https://headachevault.com/research/prescribing-gap/florida/
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use Files, 2022-2023.
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