Kara Stencel, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Nashville, TN
Kara Stencel, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1790219798, issued on Apr 17, 2017. Check the license (Tennessee 4856, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Stencel
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- 4856 TN
PA031338 DC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 322-3000
- Enumerated
- Apr 17, 2017
- Record last updated
- Mar 28, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220126001144); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Stencel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 4856Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
15 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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): 97.1 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $508.76
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Daiichi Sankyo Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncSmyrna, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Kara Stencel among 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee
Kara Stencel, PA-C is one of 3,055 physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 2017, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 42% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2019 among the 2,030 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
700 physician assistant records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 700 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Kara Stencel, PA-C's NPI number?
Kara Stencel, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790219798, issued on Apr 17, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Stencel, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 322-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Stencel, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 4856, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Stencel, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Stencel, PA-C had 15 Medicare Part D claims; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kara Stencel, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 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.