Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Physician Assistant · Highlands Ranch, CO
Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a physician assistant with a practice address in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and NPI 1467581165, issued on Mar 6, 2007. Check the license (Colorado 2140, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara M. Shepherd
- Credential
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 2140 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 206 W County Line RD, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
- Phone
- (303) 888-6426
- Enumerated
- Mar 6, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 6, 2023
- Fax
- (303) 302-1659
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070604000571); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 206 W County Line RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cara M. Shepherd in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
Search for license 2140Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
158 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin24 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate20 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate17 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide15 claims
- Otezla12 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: $544.66
38 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Alta Vista Dermatology, LLCHighlands Ranch, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
39 physician assistant records list a practice address in Highlands Ranch
They are 39 of the 1,361 NPPES records with a practice address in Highlands Ranch, and 3,767 physician assistant records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?
Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467581165, issued on Mar 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 206 W County Line RD, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80129. Phone: (303) 888-6426. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 2140, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara M. Shepherd, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 158 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.