Kristen McCarthy, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician in Westford, Massachusetts.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 150,125 in Family Medicine Physician, 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.
What the federal data shows
Kristen McCarthy, D.O. filed 1,127 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Family Medicine Physician in Westford, Massachusetts.
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥77th
- pct by Part D claim volume (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 Kristen McCarthy, D.O.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1457588162), first enumerated 06/20/2009.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,127 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Massachusetts statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Kristen McCarthy, D.O.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: BORIM annual report 2023
- 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 1457588162 · Family Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MEGA · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1457588162
- ENUM-MID 2009
- TAX-MEGA 150K Family Medicine
- RX-MID 1,127
- BOOK-LIGHT 2,226 in Massachusetts
- PHOTO-ENUM Aaron Killpack · 2009
Kristen McCarthy, D.O.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,127 ≥ 77th percentile 77% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. 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 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
Kristen McCarthy, D.O. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Kristen McCarthy, D.O.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Medicare Part D claims
Specialty distribution in Massachusetts
How Family Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Massachusetts providers
Family Medicine Physician ranks #25 among Massachusetts's specialties (1% of in-state providers)
Each bar is a specialty's share of the Massachusetts provider total, by primary NUCC taxonomy. The highlighted bar is Family Medicine Physician; the long tail of smaller specialties is omitted for legibility.
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Family Medicine Physician. Verify directly:
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
Provider Details
| NPI | 1457588162 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Family Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | D.O. |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 06/20/2009 |
Verify this provider's license
PlainDoctor pulls this profile from the CMS NPPES public registry. Confirm Kristen McCarthy, D.O.'s current license status, disciplinary history, and board certifications with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine in Massachusetts before relying on this page for a clinical or care decision.
How we sourced this profile
Profile fields combine the CMS NPPES monthly snapshot (provider directory, taxonomy, and address) with calendar-year 2023 Medicare Part D and MIPS public-use files when records are present. NPI 1457588162 is the unique 10-digit identifier CMS uses to link McCarthy across every Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA-covered transaction. Read full methodology →
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Kristen McCarthy, D.O. 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.
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
License & disciplinary context - Massachusetts BORIM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~38K Massachusetts medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Kristen McCarthy, D.O.. To verify Kristen McCarthy, D.O.'s current license status, search the BORIM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
BORIM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Massachusetts disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,466.433
- Total Day Supply
- 70,676
- Generic Drug Cost
- $23K
- Opioid Claims
- 86 (7.6% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 24
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.9 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.90
- Gender Split
- 78% female / 22% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 14, 65-74: 92, 75-84: 50, 85+: 20
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Kristen McCarthy, D.O. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
95 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
72 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
44 claims
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
42 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate 37
Amlodipine Besylate
37 claims
- Losartan Potassium 36
Losartan Potassium
36 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium 32
Rosuvastatin Calcium
32 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 31
Tramadol Hcl
31 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 95 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 72 |
| Lisinopril | 44 |
| Gabapentin | 42 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 37 |
| Losartan Potassium | 36 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 32 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 31 |
| Omeprazole | 28 |
| Lorazepam | 26 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Family Medicine Physician Overview
How Kristen McCarthy, D.O. fits within the Family Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
Kristen McCarthy, D.O.'s 1,127 claims are below the specialty average of 3,519.
Nationwide Family Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for McCarthy, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2009)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Family Medicine Physician Providers in Massachusetts
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Massachusetts, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as McCarthy.
One of 2,226 Family Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Massachusetts, 5 are shown here.
Compare Family Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
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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.
- 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
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