Cara McCandless, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Wexford, PA
Cara McCandless, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Wexford, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1063463255, issued on May 13, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD063452L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara McCandless
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- MD063452L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11676 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090
- Phone
- (724) 934-7722
- Enumerated
- May 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (724) 934-5955
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara McCandless in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD063452LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
3,773 Medicare Part D claims for 145 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Buspirone Hcl233 claims
- Clonazepam199 claims
- Sertraline Hcl195 claims
- Trazodone Hcl189 claims
- Risperidone188 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate163 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $278.79
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Cara McCandless among 2,662 psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania
Cara McCandless, MD is one of 2,662 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 45% of these records are
- Record last updated2026 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Pennsylvania
There are 2,662 psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania.
All 2,662 in Pennsylvania → Every provider in Wexford → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sudeep Chakravorty, MDWexford, PA 150901790769123
- Paul Frye, MDWexford, PA 150901447202783
- Grace Huang, MDWexford, PA 150901225084551
- Latoya Johnson, CRNP, PMHNP-BCWexford, PA 150901962357129
- Mary Pontzer, M.D.Wexford, PA 150901225162654
- Jacqueline SieberWexford, PA 150901306694302
- Natalie Toski, M.D.Wexford, PA 150901649665415
- George Zubenko, M.D., PH.D.Wexford, PA 150901356434187
Common questions
What is Cara McCandless, MD's NPI number?
Cara McCandless, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063463255, issued on May 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara McCandless, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11676 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA, 15090. Phone: (724) 934-7722. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara McCandless, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD063452L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cara McCandless, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara McCandless, MD had 3,773 Medicare Part D claims for 145 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.