Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Naperville, IL
Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Naperville, Illinois, and NPI 1386069607, issued on Feb 24, 2014. Check the license (Illinois 085.004865, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Bushemi Essling
- Credential
- MMS, PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 085.004865 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2155 City Gate LN, Naperville, IL 60563
- Phone
- (630) 547-5040
- Enumerated
- Feb 24, 2014
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250522000189); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Bushemi Essling in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 085.004865Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.7 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: $69.54
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- The University OF Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
- University OF ChicagoCrown Point, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Cara Bushemi Essling among 4,926 physician assistant records in Illinois
Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C is one of 4,926 physician assistant records with a practice address in Illinois. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 33% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2019 among the 3,407 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 35% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
117 physician assistant records list a practice address in Naperville
They are 117 of the 4,634 NPPES records with a practice address in Naperville, and 4,926 physician assistant records in Illinois.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Arico, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631912195058
- Joseph Blahut, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631083779342
- Meghan Bramer, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631437484367
- Jada Butler, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631457755910
- Morgan Holt, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631437575362
- Kellie Janssen, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631194014498
- Christopher Kelly, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631164838900
- Kylee Ladd, PANaperville, IL 605631336104934
Common questions
What is Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C's NPI number?
Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386069607, issued on Feb 24, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2155 City Gate LN, Naperville, IL, 60563. Phone: (630) 547-5040. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 085.004865, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Cara Bushemi Essling, MMS, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.7 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.