Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN
Family Nurse Practitioner · Piscataway, NJ
Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Piscataway, New Jersey, and NPI 1609453216, issued on Mar 28, 2021. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ01097200, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cheryl Elaine Caratao
- Credential
- APN
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 26NJ01097200 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17 1St Ave, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Phone
- (732) 667-3000
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2021
- Record last updated
- May 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240425002986); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cheryl Elaine Caratao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 26NJ01097200Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,068 Medicare Part D claims for 224 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 159 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Donepezil Hcl73 claims
- Alprazolam71 claims
- Memantine Hcl62 claims
- Gabapentin47 claims
- Lacosamide44 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen43 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: $347.37
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Argenx US, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Rekha Rao MD LLCOld Bridge, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cheryl Elaine Caratao among 3,881 family nurse practitioner records in New Jersey
Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN is one of 3,881 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Jersey. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 56% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2019 among the 2,262 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 363LF0000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
19 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Piscataway
They are 19 of the 1,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Piscataway, and 3,881 family nurse practitioner records in New Jersey.
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The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nicole Adler, FNPPiscataway, NJ 088541962736710
- Naiya Amin, APNPiscataway, NJ 088541750809125
- Cheryl Brown, RNC, APNPiscataway, NJ 088541275647208
- Carol CamalesPiscataway, NJ 088541063017275
- Beverley ClarkePiscataway, NJ 088541295979110
- Gurmeen Fouda, MSN, FNP-CPiscataway, NJ 088541619573656
- Ursula HarryPiscataway, NJ 088541871177394
- Eva Henry, FNPPiscataway, NJ 088541962949578
Common questions
What is Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN's NPI number?
Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609453216, issued on Mar 28, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17 1St Ave, Piscataway, NJ, 08854. Phone: (732) 667-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ01097200, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN had 1,068 Medicare Part D claims for 224 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.