NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Medical Physician Assistant NPI 1194781062 MPA, PA-C
Verify on CMS → Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 40,580 in Medical Physician Assistant, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
75
Medicare Part D claims · 26 beneficiaries · Medical Physician Assistant avg: 1K
MIPS score
93.8/100
▲ 10 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$48.77
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2023
What the federal data shows
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C reported a CMS MIPS final score of 93.8/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 75 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.
- 93.8/100
- MIPS score · +10 vs avg
- 75
- Part D claims, 2023
- $48.77
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥69th
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1194781062), first enumerated 04/21/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 75 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 93.8/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$48.77 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Pennsylvania statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: PA-BOM annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1194781062 · Medical Physician Assistant
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-TRACE · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1194781062
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 41K Medical Physician
- MIPS-ELITE 93.8/100
- RX-TRACE 75
- BOOK-LIGHT 3,805 in Pennsylvania
- PHOTO-FINISH Bernadette Gonzalez · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Stranko · this p…
Stranko · this provider
93.8 MIPS pts
- Christina Guzman…
Christina Guzman
93.8 MIPS pts
- Courtney Haven ·…
Courtney Haven
93.8 MIPS pts
- Bernadette Gonza…
Bernadette Gonzalez
93.8 MIPS pts
- Ronaldo Flores ·…
Ronaldo Flores
93.8 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
94 ≥ 69th percentile 69% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C sits
This provider among medical physician assistant peers
Across the 7,147 medical physician assistant providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C writes more Part D claims than 16% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 71% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one medical physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Medical Physician Assistant
Medicare Part D claims
75 93% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
93.8/100 10.3 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Pennsylvania
How Medical Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among Pennsylvania providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Medical Physician Assistant national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 93.8/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1194781062 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Medical Physician Assistant |
| Credentials | MPA, PA-C |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 04/21/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
93.7848
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
85.0781
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Alternative Payment Model
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Allegheny Clinic
Wexford, PA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$49
Largest payer
Abbott Laboratories
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Pennsylvania PA-BOM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~45K Pennsylvania medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C. To verify Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's current license status, search the PA-BOM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
133
Total board actions, Pennsylvania 2023
Across 129 cases
2.96
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Pennsylvania statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
48 cases
PA-BOM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Pennsylvania disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.
75
Total Claims
$722
Total Drug Cost
26
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 87
- Total Day Supply
- 2,078
- Brand Drug Cost
- $0
- Generic Drug Cost
- $722
- Opioid Claims
- 15 (20.0% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.5 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.21
- Gender Split
- 50% female / 50% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 0, 65-74: 14, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Clopidogrel Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 36 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Medical Physician Assistant Overview
How Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C fits within the Medical Physician Assistant landscape nationally.
40,580
Medical Physician Assistant Providers in US
55
States with Medical Physician Assistant
1,077
Avg Claims per Provider
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's 75 claims are below the specialty average of 1,077.
Nationwide Medical Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Stranko, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (93.8 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Medical Physician Assistant Providers in Pennsylvania
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Pennsylvania, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Stranko.
One of 3,805 Medical Physician Assistant providers enrolled in Pennsylvania, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Kathryn Abadi
PA-C
Wellsboro, PA
Dr. Michael Abbott
PA-C
Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Patricia Abbott
PA-C
Philadelphia, PA
Paul Abbott
Butler, PA
Dr. Bashera Abdul-Hadi
PA-C
Philadelphia, PA
Compare Medical Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's specialty? ▼
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C specializes in Medical Physician Assistant and practices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Credentials: MPA, PA-C.
How much does Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C wrote 75 Medicare Part D claims totaling $722 in drug costs for 26 beneficiaries.
What is Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's Medicare quality score? ▼
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 93.8/100 (Quality: 85.1). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C located? ▼
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C is located at 320 E NORTH AVE STE 363, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212. Phone: (412) 359-6137.
What is Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's NPI number? ▼
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194781062, issued on 04/21/2006.
Does Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C had 15 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 20.0%.
How many Medical Physician Assistant providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 40,580 Medical Physician Assistant providers across 55 states in the US. The average Medical Physician Assistant provider writes 1,077 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's most frequently prescribed drugs include Clopidogrel. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C accept Medicare? ▼
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C appears in CMS Medicare data with 75 Part D claims and 26 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's credentials? ▼
Christopher Stranko, MPA, PA-C's NPI is 1194781062 with credentials MPA, PA-C. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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