Cara Kraus
Physician Assistant · Harrisburg, PA
Cara Kraus is a physician assistant with a practice address in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1376058594, issued on Dec 11, 2017. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA059637, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Kraus
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- MA059637 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 129 Curvin Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17112
- Phone
- (717) 540-4367
- Enumerated
- Dec 11, 2017
- Record last updated
- Dec 11, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180130001816); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Kraus in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA059637Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,452 Medicare Part D claims for 360 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 72 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium215 claims
- Lisinopril181 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium121 claims
- Simvastatin119 claims
- Losartan Potassium107 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate100 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 88.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,031.44
167 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- West Shore Family Practice PCMechanicsburg, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Kraus among 8,020 physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Cara Kraus 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 2017, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 48% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 5,313 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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).
147 physician assistant records list a practice address in Harrisburg
They are 147 of the 3,963 NPPES records with a practice address in Harrisburg, and 8,020 physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Cara Kraus's NPI number?
Cara Kraus's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376058594, issued on Dec 11, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Kraus located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 129 Curvin Dr, Harrisburg, PA, 17112. Phone: (717) 540-4367. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Kraus's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA059637, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cara Kraus prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Kraus had 3,452 Medicare Part D claims for 360 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cara Kraus's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.