NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Dermatology Physician NPI 1396327672 MD
Verify on CMS → Tara Avery, MD
Dermatology Physician in Danville, Pennsylvania.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 15,011 in Dermatology 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.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
414
Medicare Part D claims · 191 beneficiaries · Dermatology Physician avg: 799
Generic prescribing
80%
generic claims · 20% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Tara Avery, MD filed 414 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Dermatology Physician in Danville, Pennsylvania, prescribing 80% generic.
- 414
- Part D claims, 2024
- 80%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥61st
- 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 Tara Avery, MD
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 1396327672), first enumerated 04/26/2021.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 414 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
Pennsylvania statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Tara Avery, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: PA-BOM 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
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1396327672 · Dermatology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-RECENT · TAX-MID · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1396327672
- ENUM-RECENT 2021
- TAX-MID 15K Dermatology Physician
- RX-LIGHT 414
- BOOK-LIGHT 629 in Pennsylvania
- PHOTO-ENUM Sahira Farooq · 2021
Tara Avery, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
414 ≥ 61st percentile 61% 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)
Tara Avery, MD 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 Tara Avery, MD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Dermatology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
414 48% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Pennsylvania
How Dermatology Physician compares to other specialties among Pennsylvania providers
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 Dermatology 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 | 1396327672 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Dermatology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 04/26/2021 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Tara Avery, MD 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.
Geisinger Clinic
Danville, PA
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 - Pennsylvania PA-BOM 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 ~45K Pennsylvania medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Tara Avery, MD. To verify Tara Avery, MD's current license status, search the PA-BOM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
133
Total board actions, Pennsylvania 2023
Across 129 cases
2.96
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Pennsylvania statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
48 cases
PA-BOM 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 Pennsylvania disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Tara Avery, MD - brand share 20.0%
Dermatology Physician average
20% brand-name claims vs 80% generic, on 414 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.
414
Total Claims
$463K
Total Drug Cost
191
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 543.8
- Total Day Supply
- 14,203
- Brand vs Generic
- 20% brand / 80% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $451K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $11K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 28
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.8 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.49
- Gender Split
- 57% female / 43% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 18, 65-74: 84, 75-84: 61, 85+: 28
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Tara Avery, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Triamcinolone Acet…
Triamcinolone Acetonide
68 claims
- Clobetasol Propion…
Clobetasol Propionate
39 claims
- Ketoconazole
Ketoconazole
36 claims
- Hydrocortisone 23
Hydrocortisone
23 claims
- Fluorouracil 20
Fluorouracil
20 claims
- Doxycycline Monohy… 19
Doxycycline Monohydrate
19 claims
- Dupixent Pen 19
Dupixent Pen
19 claims
- Clindamycin Phosph… 15
Clindamycin Phosphate
15 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 68 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 39 |
| Ketoconazole | 36 |
| Hydrocortisone | 23 |
| Fluorouracil | 20 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 19 |
| Dupixent Pen Dupilumab | 19 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 15 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 14 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens) Secukinumab | 13 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Dermatology Physician Overview
How Tara Avery, MD fits within the Dermatology Physician landscape nationally.
15,011
Dermatology Physician Providers in US
53
States with Dermatology Physician
799
Avg Claims per Provider
Tara Avery, MD's 414 claims are below the specialty average of 799.
Nationwide Dermatology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Avery, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2021)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Dermatology Physician Providers in Pennsylvania
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Pennsylvania, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Avery.
One of 629 Dermatology Physician providers enrolled in Pennsylvania, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
M.D.
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Debra Abell
MD
Wexford, PA
Dr. Barry Abraham
MD
Penn Valley, PA
Dr. Nina Abraham
MD
Haverford, PA
Dr. Katrina Abuabara
MD
Philadelphia, PA
Compare Dermatology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tara Avery, MD's specialty? ▼
Tara Avery, MD specializes in Dermatology Physician and practices in Danville, Pennsylvania. Credentials: MD.
How much does Tara Avery, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Tara Avery, MD wrote 414 Medicare Part D claims totaling $463K in drug costs for 191 beneficiaries.
Where is Tara Avery, MD located? ▼
Tara Avery, MD is located at 16 WOODBINE LANE, Danville, PA, 17822. Phone: (570) 271-8050.
What is Tara Avery, MD's NPI number? ▼
Tara Avery, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396327672, issued on 04/26/2021.
Does Tara Avery, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Tara Avery, MD's prescribing is 20% brand-name and 80% generic drugs by claim count, with $451K in brand drug costs.
How many Dermatology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 15,011 Dermatology Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Dermatology Physician provider writes 799 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Tara Avery, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Tara Avery, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Triamcinolone Acetonide, Clobetasol Propionate, Ketoconazole. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Tara Avery, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Tara Avery, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 414 Part D claims and 191 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Tara Avery, MD's credentials? ▼
Tara Avery, MD's NPI is 1396327672 with credentials MD. 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.
- 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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