What is Kara Rao's specialty?

Kara Rao (NPI 1548452642) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO.

Where does Kara Rao practice?

Kara Rao practices in Boulder, CO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548452642.

How much does Medicare pay Kara Rao?

Kara Rao (NPI 1548452642) received approximately $30K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 287 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548452642

Kara RaoPA

Physician AssistantBoulder, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

425

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

520

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$29K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,798 Physician Assistant providers in CO — above median (cohort median 235).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,473

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$197K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium298 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium162 claims

Ezetimibe134 claims

Metoprolol Succinate95 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate89 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$355

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$355

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$355

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kara Rao'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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jamie Doucet Interventional Cardiology · Boulder, CO	62	201
John Schutz Cardiology · Boulder, CO	46	110
Gustavo Isuani Diagnostic Radiology · Boulder, CO	40	82
Robert Helgans Diagnostic Radiology · Boulder, CO	33	52
Nelson Trujillo Interventional Cardiology · Boulder, CO	30	144
American Medical Response Of Colorado Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Boulder, CO	28	45
Matthew Blomquist Diagnostic Radiology · Boulder, CO	28	47
Roger Nichols Diagnostic Radiology · Boulder, CO	27	50
Daniel White Cardiology · Longmont, CO	27	63
KING, PAUL	25	39
John Mcneil Interventional Cardiology · Boulder, CO	24	81
Nicholas Wickersham Diagnostic Radiology · Boulder, CO	23	50

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

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