Kelly Elaine Drago
Physician Assistant · Galveston, TX
Kelly Elaine Drago is a physician assistant with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1154805372, issued on Sep 24, 2018. Check the license (Texas PA12312, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kelly Elaine Drago
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA12312 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555
- Phone
- (409) 747-1423
- Enumerated
- Sep 24, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 28, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190104002096); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kelly Elaine Drago in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA12312Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
527 Medicare Part D claims for 188 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Fluticasone Propionate116 claims
- Azelastine Hcl66 claims
- Famotidine63 claims
- Ipratropium Bromide51 claims
- Mupirocin33 claims
- Montelukast Sodium24 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $17.07
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Utmb Faculty Group PracticeTexas City, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kelly Elaine Drago among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Kelly Elaine Drago is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 55% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 40% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
58 physician assistant records list a practice address in Galveston
They are 58 of the 2,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Galveston, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Kelly Elaine Drago's NPI number?
Kelly Elaine Drago's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154805372, issued on Sep 24, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kelly Elaine Drago located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555. Phone: (409) 747-1423. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kelly Elaine Drago's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA12312, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kelly Elaine Drago prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kelly Elaine Drago had 527 Medicare Part D claims for 188 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kelly Elaine Drago's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.