Cara Swanson, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Chillicothe, OH
Cara Swanson, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chillicothe, Ohio, and NPI 1184252975, issued on Mar 29, 2020. Check the license (Ohio 34.016724, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Swanson
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 34.016724 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 272 Hospital RD Ste 150, Chillicothe, OH 45601
- Phone
- (740) 779-8840
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 23, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231002000558); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Swanson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 34.016724Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,082 Medicare Part D claims for 319 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin105 claims
- Omeprazole68 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium63 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium61 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa50 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium50 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.3 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: $88.19
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Adena Medical Group LLCChillicothe, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Swanson among 5,277 internal medicine physician records in Ohio
Cara Swanson, DO is one of 5,277 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 3,414 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
64 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chillicothe
They are 64 of the 2,938 NPPES records with a practice address in Chillicothe, and 5,277 internal medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Cara Swanson, DO's NPI number?
Cara Swanson, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184252975, issued on Mar 29, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Swanson, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 272 Hospital RD Ste 150, Chillicothe, OH, 45601. Phone: (740) 779-8840. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Swanson, DO's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 34.016724, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cara Swanson, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Swanson, DO had 2,082 Medicare Part D claims for 319 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cara Swanson, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.3 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.