Tara Anne Benko, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner · State College, PA
Tara Anne Benko, CRNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in State College, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1538785688, issued on Jun 24, 2020. Check the license (Pennsylvania SP022054, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara Anne Benko
- Credential
- CRNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- SP022054 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 32 Colonnade Way, State College, PA 16803
- Phone
- (717) 531-5164
- Enumerated
- Jun 24, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200715000200); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tara Anne Benko in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license SP022054Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
1,363 Medicare Part D claims for 380 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 246 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lorazepam140 claims
- Alprazolam109 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen97 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate81 claims
- Cephalexin44 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl40 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): 73.6 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: $105.45
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Upmc Altoona Regional Health Services, Inc.Altoona, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tara Anne Benko among 3,916 nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania
Tara Anne Benko, CRNP is one of 3,916 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 66% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2018 among the 2,360 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
33 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in State College
They are 33 of the 1,543 NPPES records with a practice address in State College, and 3,916 nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Tara Anne Benko, CRNP's NPI number?
Tara Anne Benko, CRNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538785688, issued on Jun 24, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara Anne Benko, CRNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 32 Colonnade Way, State College, PA, 16803. Phone: (717) 531-5164. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara Anne Benko, CRNP's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number SP022054, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tara Anne Benko, CRNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tara Anne Benko, CRNP had 1,363 Medicare Part D claims for 380 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tara Anne Benko, CRNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.6 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.