What is Kara Cossis's specialty?

Kara Cossis (NPI 1831281872) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Baltimore, MD.

Where does Kara Cossis practice?

Kara Cossis practices in Baltimore, MD, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1831281872.

How much does Medicare pay Kara Cossis?

Kara Cossis (NPI 1831281872) received approximately $224K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 289 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831281872

Kara CossisPA-C

Physician AssistantBaltimore, MDI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

747

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

13,029

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$211K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,397 Physician Assistant providers in MD — top quintile (cohort median 301).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

130

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$542K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone42 claims

Abiraterone Acetate40 claims

Enzalutamide21 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl16 claims

Mirabegron11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

23.7

Cost

80.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$48K

Payment records

161

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$27K

Travel and Lodging$10K

Consulting Fee$5K

Food and Beverage$4K

Honoraria$2K

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$27K

Travel and Lodging$10K

Consulting Fee$5K

Food and Beverage$4K

Honoraria$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kara Cossis'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
THE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	127	412
Miguel Karacuschansky Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MD	41	101
Reuben Mezrich Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MD	25	57
NPI 1477527885	24	58
Jeffrey Hirsch Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MD	23	40
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	23	44
Salim Rizk Pulmonary Disease · Towson, MD	22	57
Thu Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MD	18	40
Momina Mastoor Cardiology · Gettysburg, PA	16	35
Procare Ambulance Of Maryland Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Rosedale, MD	15	37
Neha Kalaria Geriatric Medicine · Baltimore, MD	14	47
Robert Segal Urology · Westminster, MD	13	33

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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