NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

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.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1386069607
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
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2155 City Gate LN

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Christopher Arico, PA-CPhysician Assistant1912195058
  2. Meghan Bramer, PA-CPhysician Assistant1437484367
  3. Shraddha Desai, M.D.Dermatology Physician1831498401
  4. Christopher Kelly, PA-CPhysician Assistant1164838900
  5. Eugen Minca, MDDermatopathology (Pathology) Physician1861790362
  6. Makena Paramo, PA-CPhysician Assistant1558153296

Verify Cara Bushemi Essling in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score75.4
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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.

  1. Cara Essling$69.54
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. The University OF Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
  2. 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.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Christopher Arico, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631912195058
  2. Joseph Blahut, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631083779342
  3. Meghan Bramer, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631437484367
  4. Jada Butler, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631457755910
  5. Morgan Holt, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631437575362
  6. Kellie Janssen, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631194014498
  7. Christopher Kelly, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631164838900
  8. 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.