Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Chattanooga, TN
Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1396179560, issued on Aug 23, 2013. Check the license (Tennessee 2356, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Michelle Barrett
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- 2356 TN
8720 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7425 Ziegler RD Ste 143, Chattanooga, TN 37421
- Phone
- (423) 468-4826
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2013
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2023
- Fax
- (423) 468-4799
- Medicaid ID
- Q004476 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140311001803); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7425 Ziegler RD Ste 143
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Elizabeth Snyder, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1861977407
- Rachel Thomas, ACNPNurse Practitioner1245610880
Verify Cara Michelle Barrett in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 2356Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
1,784 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Spironolactone138 claims
- Ursodiol132 claims
- Lactulose117 claims
- Torsemide83 claims
- Furosemide74 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium62 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $824.86
54 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Galen Medical Group, PCChattanooga, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Michelle Barrett among 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee
Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C is one of 3,055 physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 28% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 28% of these records are older, 69% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2019 among the 2,030 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
150 physician assistant records list a practice address in Chattanooga
They are 150 of the 7,377 NPPES records with a practice address in Chattanooga, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C's NPI number?
Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396179560, issued on Aug 23, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7425 Ziegler RD Ste 143, Chattanooga, TN, 37421. Phone: (423) 468-4826. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2356, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C had 1,784 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cara Michelle Barrett, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.