NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Medical Oncology Physician NPI 1356545818 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Stephen Vara, M.D.
Medical Oncology Physician in North Port, Florida.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 4,028 in Medical Oncology 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.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 437 beneficiaries · Medical Oncology Physician avg: 732
Generic prescribing
79%
generic claims · 21% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
75/100
CMS neutral threshold · no category scores published
Industry payments
$755.5
35 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Stephen Vara, M.D. carries the neutral CMS MIPS final score of 75/100, assigned where no category was scored - and filed 2,173 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 75/100
- CMS neutral score · not measured
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 79%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
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 Stephen Vara, M.D.
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 1356545818), first enumerated 06/11/2007.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 2,173 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)
CMS assigned a neutral MIPS final score of 75/100 where no performance category was scored — not a measured quality rank.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- 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
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$755.5 in reported industry payments (35 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
Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Stephen Vara, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: FLDOH 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 1356545818 · Medical Oncology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-NEUTRAL · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1356545818
- ENUM-MID 2007
- TAX-NARROW 4,028
- MIPS-NEUTRAL 75/100
- RX-MID 2,173
- BOOK-THIN 318 in Florida
- PHOTO-ENUM Kristen Ciombor, MD · 2007
Stephen Vara, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
2,173 ≥ 85th percentile 85% 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
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Stephen Vara, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 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 Stephen Vara, M.D.?
CMS neutral score, not measuredPrimary specialty
Medical Oncology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
2,173 197% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
75/100
Specialty distribution in Florida
How Medical Oncology Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers
MIPS score not measured
CMS assigned a neutral 75/100 threshold
CMS did not publish any Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, or Improvement Activities category score for this clinician. This administrative threshold is not comparable with the national average of clinicians whose MIPS score was measured.
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 | 1356545818 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Medical Oncology Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 06/11/2007 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
75
Final Score
CMS neutral threshold · not measured
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Stephen Vara, M.D. 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.
Florida Cancer Specialists And Research Institute, LLC
Port Charlotte, FL
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 Stephen Vara, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$756
Largest payer
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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 - Florida FLDOH 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 ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Stephen Vara, M.D.. To verify Stephen Vara, M.D.'s current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
480
Total board actions, Florida 2023
Across 467 cases
6.40
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Florida statewide rate
monetary fine
Most common action type
138 cases
FLDOH 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 Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Stephen Vara, M.D. - brand share 21.0%
Medical Oncology Physician average
21% brand-name claims vs 79% generic, on 2,173 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.
2,173
Total Claims
$4.2M
Total Drug Cost
437
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,858.4
- Total Day Supply
- 71,752
- Brand vs Generic
- 21% brand / 79% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $4.1M
- Generic Drug Cost
- $175K
- Opioid Claims
- 232 (10.7% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 100
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.64
- Gender Split
- 58% female / 42% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 27, 65-74: 199, 75-84: 167, 85+: 44
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Stephen Vara, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Letrozole
Letrozole
159 claims
- Prednisone
Prednisone
118 claims
- Prochlorperazine M…
Prochlorperazine Maleate
112 claims
- Eliquis
Eliquis
105 claims
- Acyclovir
Acyclovir
86 claims
- Ondansetron Odt
Ondansetron Odt
86 claims
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
75 claims
- Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone
72 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Letrozole | 159 |
| Prednisone | 118 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 112 |
| Eliquis Apixaban | 105 |
| Acyclovir | 86 |
| Ondansetron Odt Ondansetron | 86 |
| Gabapentin | 75 |
| Dexamethasone | 72 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 72 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 68 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Medical Oncology Physician Overview
How Stephen Vara, M.D. fits within the Medical Oncology Physician landscape nationally.
4,028
Medical Oncology Physician Providers in US
53
States with Medical Oncology Physician
732
Avg Claims per Provider
Stephen Vara, M.D.'s 2,173 claims are above the specialty average of 732.
Nationwide Medical Oncology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Vara, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (75 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Medical Oncology Physician Providers in Florida
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Vara.
One of 318 Medical Oncology Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 5 are shown here.
Mahmoud Abdelsalam
Gainesville, FL
Dr. Guillermo Abesada-Terk
M.D.
Stuart, FL
Dr. Patrick Acevedo
M.D.
Ocala, FL
Dr. Howard Adler
M.D.
Delray Beach, FL
Dr. Syed Ahmed
M.D.
Sebring, FL
Compare Medical Oncology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Stephen Vara, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D. specializes in Medical Oncology Physician and practices in North Port, Florida. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Stephen Vara, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Stephen Vara, M.D. wrote 2,173 Medicare Part D claims totaling $4.2M in drug costs for 437 beneficiaries.
What is Stephen Vara, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. CMS published no Quality, Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activity or Cost score for this clinician, so the final score is the neutral performance threshold CMS assigns rather than a measured result. 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 Stephen Vara, M.D. located? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D. is located at 1390 GRAND VENTURE DR, North Port, FL, 34286. Phone: (941) 257-2280.
What is Stephen Vara, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356545818, issued on 06/11/2007.
Does Stephen Vara, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D.'s prescribing is 21% brand-name and 79% generic drugs by claim count, with $4.1M in brand drug costs.
Does Stephen Vara, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Stephen Vara, M.D. had 232 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 10.7%.
How many Medical Oncology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 4,028 Medical Oncology Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Medical Oncology Physician provider writes 732 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Stephen Vara, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Stephen Vara, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Letrozole, Prednisone, Prochlorperazine Maleate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Stephen Vara, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 2,173 Part D claims and 437 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Stephen Vara, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Stephen Vara, M.D.'s NPI is 1356545818 with credentials M.D.. 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).
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