What is Karen Gafford's specialty?

Karen Gafford (NPI 1659552511) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Goodyear, AZ.

Where does Karen Gafford practice?

Karen Gafford practices in Goodyear, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659552511.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Gafford?

Karen Gafford (NPI 1659552511) received approximately $87K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 521 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659552511

Karen GaffordPA

PRACTICEWESTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INCSee all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantGoodyear, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,060

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,235

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$80K

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

210

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Triamcinolone Acetonide66 claims

Ketoconazole45 claims

Clobetasol Propionate43 claims

Hydrocortisone32 claims

Mupirocin24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.5

Quality

66.1

Cost

58.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.15%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$502

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$402

Education$100

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$402

Education$100

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Gafford'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Bonnie Nowak Internal Medicine · Fort Collins, CO	114	482
VIRANT, PRISCILLA	33	117
Samuel Fuller Diagnostic Radiology · Greeley, CO	21	41
SUMMIT PATHOLOGY	20	34
Tristan Dow Cardiology · Fort Collins, CO	19	35
Wendy Austin Cardiology · Fort Collins, CO	19	31
Kevin Limbaugh Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Collins, CO	14	23
Andrew Mills Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Collins, CO	14	29
Gregory Beyer Diagnostic Radiology · Omaha, NE	13	24
Charles Johnson Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Fort Collins, CO	12	30
CRAVEN, WINFIELD	12	19
Harmony Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Fort Collins, CO	12	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.

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