NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Surgical Physician Assistant NPI 1013981562 PA-C
Verify on CMS → Kurt Kohler, PA-C
Surgical Physician Assistant in Spokane, Washington.
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
340
Medicare Part D claims · 90 beneficiaries · Surgical Physician Assistant avg: 341
Generic prescribing
96%
generic claims · 4% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
83.1/100
▼ 0 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$936.05
10 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Kurt Kohler, PA-C reported a CMS MIPS final score of 83.1/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 340 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 83.1/100
- MIPS score · 0 vs avg
- 340
- Part D claims, 2024
- 96%
- generic prescribing
- $936.05
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
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 Kurt Kohler, 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 1013981562), first enumerated 02/13/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 340 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 83.1/100 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
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$936.05 in reported industry payments (10 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Washington statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Kurt Kohler, PA-C's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: WMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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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 1013981562 · Surgical Physician Assistant
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-INLINE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1013981562
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 16K Surgical Physician
- MIPS-INLINE 83.1/100
- RX-LIGHT 340
- BOOK-THIN 473 in Washington
- PHOTO-FINISH Conner Burck · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Jay Altemus · lo…
Jay Altemus
83 MIPS pts
- Kohler · this pr…
Kohler · this provider
83.1 MIPS pts
- Bobbie Lindsay ·…
Bobbie Lindsay
83.1 MIPS pts
- Conner Burck · n…
Conner Burck
83.1 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Kurt Kohler, 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.
83 ≥ 39th percentile 39% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
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.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Kurt Kohler, 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, Kurt Kohler, PA-C writes more Part D claims than 76% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 38% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one surgical physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Kurt Kohler, 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 Kurt Kohler, PA-C?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Surgical Physician Assistant
Medicare Part D claims
340 0% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
83.1/100 0.4 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Washington
How Surgical Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among Washington providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Kurt Kohler, PA-C's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Surgical Physician Assistant national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 83.1/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
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 | 1013981562 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Surgical Physician Assistant |
| Credentials | PA-C |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 02/13/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
83.0533
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
76.4787
Quality
67.0324
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Kurt Kohler, 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.
Kootenai Health Inc
Orofino, ID
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Kurt Kohler, PA-C. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$936
Largest payer
Baxter Healthcare
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Washington WMC 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 ~34K Washington medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Kurt Kohler, PA-C. To verify Kurt Kohler, PA-C's current license status, search the WMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
88
Total board actions, Washington 2023
Across 85 cases
2.59
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Washington statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
31 cases
WMC 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 Washington disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Kurt Kohler, PA-C - brand share 4.0%
Surgical Physician Assistant average
4% brand-name claims vs 96% generic, on 340 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
340
Total Claims
$5K
Total Drug Cost
90
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 355.6
- Total Day Supply
- 6,821
- Brand vs Generic
- 4% brand / 96% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $2K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $3K
- Opioid Claims
- 52 (15.3% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.4 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.33
- Gender Split
- 36% female / 64% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Kurt Kohler, PA-C prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Metoprolol Tartrate
Metoprolol Tartrate
53 claims
- Furosemide
Furosemide
33 claims
- Potassium Chloride
Potassium Chloride
31 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl
Oxycodone Hcl
30 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl
Amiodarone Hcl
27 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium 18
Atorvastatin Calcium
18 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 17
Tramadol Hcl
17 claims
- Mupirocin 16
Mupirocin
16 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 53 |
| Furosemide | 33 |
| Potassium Chloride | 31 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 27 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 |
| Mupirocin | 16 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 14 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Surgical Physician Assistant Overview
How Kurt Kohler, 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
Kurt Kohler, PA-C's 340 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 Kohler, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (83.1 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in Washington
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Washington, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Kohler.
One of 473 Surgical Physician Assistant providers enrolled in Washington, 5 are shown here.
Krystle Agtarap
PA
Olympia, WA
Carlos Aguero
P.A.
Mount Vernon, WA
Aleisha Allen
PA-C
Mount Vernon, WA
Jillanna Allen
PA-C, MS, ATC/L
Wenatchee, WA
Jessica Alvarez
PA-C
Kennewick, WA
Compare Surgical Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Kurt Kohler, PA-C's specialty? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C specializes in Surgical Physician Assistant and practices in Spokane, Washington. Credentials: PA-C.
How much does Kurt Kohler, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Kurt Kohler, PA-C wrote 340 Medicare Part D claims totaling $5K in drug costs for 90 beneficiaries.
What is Kurt Kohler, PA-C's Medicare quality score? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 83.1/100 (Quality: 76.5, Cost: 67). 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 Kurt Kohler, PA-C located? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C is located at 62 W 7TH AVE STE 110, Spokane, WA, 99204. Phone: (509) 456-0262.
What is Kurt Kohler, PA-C's NPI number? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013981562, issued on 02/13/2006.
Does Kurt Kohler, PA-C prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C's prescribing is 4% brand-name and 96% generic drugs by claim count, with $2K in brand drug costs.
Does Kurt Kohler, PA-C prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Kurt Kohler, PA-C had 52 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 15.3%.
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 Kurt Kohler, PA-C prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Kurt Kohler, PA-C's most frequently prescribed drugs include Metoprolol Tartrate, Furosemide, Potassium Chloride. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Kurt Kohler, PA-C accept Medicare? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C appears in CMS Medicare data with 340 Part D claims and 90 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Kurt Kohler, PA-C's credentials? ▼
Kurt Kohler, PA-C's NPI is 1013981562 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
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