What is Kara Gooding's specialty?

Kara Gooding (NPI 1538155320) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Scottsdale, AZ.

Where does Kara Gooding practice?

Kara Gooding practices in Scottsdale, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538155320.

How much does Medicare pay Kara Gooding?

Kara Gooding (NPI 1538155320) received approximately $482K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,243 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538155320

Kara GoodingPA C

PRACTICECENTER FOR DERMATOLOGY, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantScottsdale, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,896

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

7,803

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$256K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,639 Physician Assistant providers in AZ — top quintile (cohort median 341).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

926

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$234K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

9.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Clobetasol Propionate193 claims

Fluticasone Propionate127 claims

Ketoconazole92 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate86 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide81 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.1

Quality

83.8

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.68%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$162K

Payment records

389

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$108K

Travel and Lodging$23K

Consulting Fee$23K

Food and Beverage$8K

Honoraria$305

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$108K

Travel and Lodging$23K

Consulting Fee$23K

Food and Beverage$8K

Honoraria$305

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kara Gooding'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 · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HIATT, KIM	106	158
Nicole Hoxworth Pathology · Scottsdale, AZ	20	32
Richard Bernert Pathology · Scottsdale, AZ	15	22

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history