PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1265710503

Kara BuckinghamPA-C

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Physician AssistantWest Des Moines, IAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

566

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

872

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$22K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,050 Physician Assistant providers in IA — above median (cohort median 356).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

134

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$583

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Methylprednisolone60 claims

Prednisone17 claims

Tramadol Hcl17 claims

Diclofenac Sodium14 claims

Meloxicam14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.8

Quality

80.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.79%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 161333

Hospital

CCN 161355

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kara Buckingham's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 3 inbound referrers · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION	38	83
James Jacobs Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	21	25
NERHEIM, PAMELA	11	18

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION	128	217
Rory Karibo Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	60	97
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation Clinical Laboratory · Ankeny, IA	15	55
Bradley King Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	15	25
City Of Des Moines Iowa Ambulance Service Provider · Des Moines, IA	14	20
Frank Haugland Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Waterloo, IA	14	22
James Jacobs Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	14	18
Kristin Schroeder Emergency Medicine · Des Moines, IA	13	16
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP	12	21

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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