Jody James Decastro, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Erie, PA
Jody James Decastro, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Erie, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1457633943, issued on Sep 12, 2011. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA055017, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jody James Decastro
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License numbers
- MA055017 PA
015034 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1910 Sassafras St Ste 300, Erie, PA 16502
- Phone
- (814) 452-7575
- Enumerated
- Sep 12, 2011
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2022
- Fax
- (814) 452-7574
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111027000296); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1910 Sassafras St Ste 300
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Jody James Decastro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA055017Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,884 Medicare Part D claims for 296 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 132 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen61 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate55 claims
- Tramadol Hcl50 claims
- Furosemide48 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa46 claims
- Metformin Hcl46 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: $420.39
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Umamaheswara Rao Vejendla Physician PCJamestown, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jody James Decastro among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Jody James Decastro, PA-C is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 38% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 38% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
86 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Erie
They are 86 of the 5,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Erie, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Jody James Decastro, PA-C's NPI number?
Jody James Decastro, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457633943, issued on Sep 12, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jody James Decastro, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1910 Sassafras St Ste 300, Erie, PA, 16502. Phone: (814) 452-7575. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jody James Decastro, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA055017, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jody James Decastro, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jody James Decastro, PA-C had 1,884 Medicare Part D claims for 296 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.