Cara Marie Close, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Uniontown, PA
Cara Marie Close, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1447716154, issued on Feb 18, 2019. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA060524, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Marie Close
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- MA060524 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 Woodlawn Ave # Level1, Uniontown, PA 15401
- Phone
- (724) 438-8765
- Enumerated
- Feb 18, 2019
- Record last updated
- Nov 10, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190417001727); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Marie Close in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA060524Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,106 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl858 claims
- Finasteride331 claims
- Trospium Chloride201 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate182 claims
- Gemtesa167 claims
- Cephalexin132 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): 94.1 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: $32.95
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dendreon Pharmaceuticals 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
- Fayette Physician Network IncUniontown, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Marie Close among 8,020 physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Cara Marie Close, PA-C is one of 8,020 physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 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 2019, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 57% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2018 among the 5,313 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 42% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
34 physician assistant records list a practice address in Uniontown
They are 34 of the 1,342 NPPES records with a practice address in Uniontown, and 8,020 physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Cara Marie Close, PA-C's NPI number?
Cara Marie Close, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447716154, issued on Feb 18, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Marie Close, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Woodlawn Ave # Level1, Uniontown, PA, 15401. Phone: (724) 438-8765. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Marie Close, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA060524, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cara Marie Close, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Marie Close, PA-C had 3,106 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cara Marie Close, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 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.