Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C
Physician Assistant · Steamboat Springs, CO
Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and NPI 1205817483, issued on Nov 7, 2005. Check the license (Colorado 1540, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Catherine Wherry Pacocha
- Credential
- MPAS PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 1540 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 940 Central Park Dr Ste 210, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
- Phone
- (970) 871-4811
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2024
- Fax
- (970) 879-4527
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050706000148); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 940 Central Park Dr Ste 210
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Petra Chladek, PACPhysician Assistant1619938859
Verify Catherine Wherry Pacocha in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
Search for license 1540Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
490 Medicare Part D claims for 198 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide65 claims
- Minoxidil40 claims
- Dupixent Syringe35 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate29 claims
- Dupixent Pen24 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate22 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,564.09
61 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kyowa Kirin, 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
- Dermatology Center OF Steamboat Springs, LLC A Professional LLCSteamboat Springs, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Catherine Wherry Pacocha among 3,767 physician assistant records in Colorado
Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C is one of 3,767 physician assistant records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2017 among the 2,351 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 40% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 physician assistant records list a practice address in Steamboat Springs
They are 21 of the 467 NPPES records with a practice address in Steamboat Springs, and 3,767 physician assistant records in Colorado.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Chloe Banning, PA-CSteamboat Springs, CO 804871841789807
- Margo Boatner, PACSteamboat Spgs, CO 804871184685323
- Petra Chladek, PACSteamboat Springs, CO 804871619938859
- Jennifer Cohen, PASteamboat Springs, CO 804871356627152
- Khristin Degli, PA-CSteamboat Springs, CO 804871831496223
- Sara Dieter, PACSteamboat Springs, CO 804871982610036
- Susan Golden, PA-CSteamboat Springs, CO 804871144334350
- Francis Hannah, PACSteamboat Spgs, CO 804871942261888
Common questions
What is Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C's NPI number?
Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205817483, issued on Nov 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 940 Central Park Dr Ste 210, Steamboat Springs, CO, 80487. Phone: (970) 871-4811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 1540, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C had 490 Medicare Part D claims for 198 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Catherine Wherry Pacocha, MPAS PA-C's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.