What is Christa Castro's specialty?

Christa Castro (NPI 1417914938) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Taos, NM.

Where does Christa Castro practice?

Christa Castro practices in Taos, NM, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1417914938.

How much does Medicare pay Christa Castro?

Christa Castro (NPI 1417914938) received approximately $19K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 208 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417914938

Christa CastroPA

Physician AssistantTaos, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

208

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

213

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 629 Physician Assistant providers in NM — above median (cohort median 210).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$409

Distinct drugs

Brand share

59.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin24 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen20 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.0

Quality

86.3

Cost

82.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.63%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$19

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$19

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$19

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christa Castro'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
TAOS HEALTH SYSTEMS INC HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL	106	217
Christopher Gutierrez Emergency Medicine · Farmington, NM	28	31
County Of Taos Ambulance Service Provider · Taos, NM	16	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
TAOS HEALTH SYSTEMS INC HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL	49	108
Paul Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Taos, NM	48	69
Peter Selzer Diagnostic Radiology · Taos, NM	38	52
BJORKMAN, PER	19	27
ST VINCENT HOSPITAL	16	23
Michael Kaufman Internal Medicine · Taos, NM	14	31
Linda Lynch Emergency Medicine · Taos, NM	13	16
William Ervin Emergency Medicine · Manakin Sabot, VA	12	12
ISMAIL, GEILAN	12	25

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.

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