NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D.

Nephrology Physician · Kansas City, KS

Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1518912054, issued on May 23, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 0431807, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518912054
Name
Ellen Therese McCarthy
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
License numbers
0431807 KS
33586 MN
35960 WI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone
(913) 588-6074
Enumerated
May 23, 2006
Record last updated
Apr 3, 2026
Fax
(913) 588-3867
Medicaid ID
32074 WI
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060526000066); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Creighton University School Of Medicine, 1988
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 3901 Rainbow Blvd

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Belal AbousaidaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1518662808
  2. Baker Abu Sa'Alek, M.DStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1952098915
  3. Qays Abu-SaymehStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1578410494
  4. Ahmad AbuzinadahNeuromuscular Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician1073941761
  5. Emmanuel Adomako, MB, CHBNephrology Physician1861948184
  6. Apurv Agarwal, M.DClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1043836364

Verify Ellen Therese McCarthy in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024

104 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ellen McCarthy104
  2. Specialty average1,465

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate17 claims
  2. Losartan Potassium17 claims
  3. Lisinopril15 claims
  4. Furosemide12 claims
  5. Prednisone12 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): 91.9 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score75.2
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Kansas University Physicians IncLenexa, KS
  2. New Liberty Hospital CorporationLiberty, MO

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ellen Therese McCarthy among 70 nephrology physician records in Kansas

Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D. is one of 70 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 49% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1988 · median 2001 among the 47 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Nephrology Physician providers in Kansas

There are 70 nephrology physician records in Kansas.

The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Arnold Chonko, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601497858310
  2. Diane Cibrik, MDKansas City, KS 661601508948407
  3. Aditi Gupta, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601154542769
  4. Mallika Gupta, MDKansas City, KS 661601821431669
  5. Amna Ilahe, M.DKansas City, KS 661601124220298
  6. Duncan Johnstone, MD, PHDKansas City, KS 661601225041544
  7. Cassandra Kimber, DOKansas City, KS 661601518254499
  8. Reem Mustafa, MDKansas City, KS 661601659504009

Common questions

What is Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518912054, issued on May 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 588-6074. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Kansas license number 0431807, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D. had 104 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ellen Therese McCarthy, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 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.