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Kara Gaw, PA-C

Surgical Physician Assistant in Nashville, Tennessee.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 16,380 in Surgical 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
77
Medicare Part D claims · 18 beneficiaries · Surgical Physician Assistant avg: 341
MIPS score
97.1/100
▲ 14 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
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What the federal data shows

Kara Gaw, PA-C reported a CMS MIPS final score of 97.1/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 77 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

97.1/100
MIPS score · +14 vs avg
77
Part D claims, 2024
≥84th
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 Kara Gaw, 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 1932504206), first enumerated 10/29/2014.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 77 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 97.1/100 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

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    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 1932504206 · Surgical Physician Assistant

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-TRACE · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1932504206
  • ENUM-MID 2014
  • TAX-MID 16K Surgical Physician
  • MIPS-ELITE 97.1/100
  • RX-TRACE 77
  • BOOK-THIN 287 in Tennessee
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vanessa Ferrario · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Kara Gaw, 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.

97 ≥ 84th percentile 84% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

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.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Kara Gaw, PA-C sits

This provider among surgical physician assistant peers

Across the 3,657 surgical physician assistant providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Kara Gaw, PA-C writes more Part D claims than 32% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 86% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality02550751000255075100Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 98Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, 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80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 48Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 8Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 15Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 53 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 98Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Kara Gaw, PA-C, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 86
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one surgical physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Kara Gaw, 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 Kara Gaw, PA-C?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 10/29/2014

NPI 1932504206

Primary specialty

Surgical Physician Assistant

Mid-sized

16,380 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

77 77% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 341

MIPS final score

97.1/100 13.6 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Tennessee

How Surgical Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among Tennessee providers

Tennessee providers
Family Nurse Practitioner6.4%Pharmacist5.8%Student in an Organized Heal…4.7%Behavior Technician4.5%Physical Therapist4.2%Registered Nurse3.9%Surgical Physician Assistant0.2%
Largest specialties in Tennessee (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Kara Gaw, PA-C's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Surgical Physician Assistant national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
97.1/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%97.1%
MIPS final score (Surgical Physician Assistant) - 97.1/100 vs national avg 83.5
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

3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC
Nashville, TN 37232
(615) 936-2000

Provider Details

NPI 1932504206
Specialty Surgical Physician Assistant
Credentials PA-C
Gender Female
NPI Issued 10/29/2014

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

97.1279
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
85.6458
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Alternative Payment Model

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Kara Gaw, 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.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
★★★★★ 5/5
Nashville, TN
Acute Care Hospitals
CMS CCN: 440039

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

77
Total Claims
$4K
Total Drug Cost
18
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
98.833
Total Day Supply
2,950
Generic Drug Cost
$1K

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
67.2 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.08

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

Drug Claims
Gabapentin
 39
Trazodone Hcl
 17

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Surgical Physician Assistant in TN → All providers in Tennessee → Compare specialties →

Surgical Physician Assistant Overview

How Kara Gaw, PA-C fits within the Surgical Physician Assistant landscape nationally.

16,380
Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in US
54
States with Surgical Physician Assistant
341
Avg Claims per Provider

Kara Gaw, PA-C's 77 claims are below the specialty average of 341.

Nationwide Surgical Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Gaw, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (97.1 here).

Julia Walker 97.1 FL Vanessa Ferrario 97.1 CA Lema Safi 97.1 CA Hugh Steele 97.2 WA

Same NPPES enumeration year (2014)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Leiming Wang Towson, MD Katherine Powers New Lenox, IL Lamar Hood North Charleston, SC Neal Siejka Buffalo, NY

Nearby Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in Tennessee

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Tennessee, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Gaw.

One of 287 Surgical Physician Assistant providers enrolled in Tennessee, 5 are shown here.

Mattye Adams
Nashville, TN
Katiuska Alvarado
Brentwood, TN
Morgan Anderson
PA-C
Knoxville, TN
Erica Angelino
PA-C
Chattanooga, TN
Jacob Applegate
PA
Knoxville, TN

Compare Surgical Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kara Gaw, PA-C's specialty? ▼
Kara Gaw, PA-C specializes in Surgical Physician Assistant and practices in Nashville, Tennessee. Credentials: PA-C.
How much does Kara Gaw, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Kara Gaw, PA-C wrote 77 Medicare Part D claims totaling $4K in drug costs for 18 beneficiaries.
What is Kara Gaw, PA-C's Medicare quality score? ▼
Kara Gaw, PA-C has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 97.1/100 (Quality: 85.6). 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 Kara Gaw, PA-C located? ▼
Kara Gaw, PA-C is located at 3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 936-2000.
What is Kara Gaw, PA-C's NPI number? ▼
Kara Gaw, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932504206, issued on 10/29/2014.
How many Surgical Physician Assistant providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 16,380 Surgical Physician Assistant providers across 54 states in the US. The average Surgical Physician Assistant provider writes 341 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Kara Gaw, PA-C prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Kara Gaw, PA-C's most frequently prescribed drugs include Gabapentin, Trazodone Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Kara Gaw, PA-C accept Medicare? ▼
Kara Gaw, PA-C appears in CMS Medicare data with 77 Part D claims and 18 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Kara Gaw, PA-C's credentials? ▼
Kara Gaw, PA-C's NPI is 1932504206 with credentials 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 (2024). 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 August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (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

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.