Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Omaha, NE
Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Omaha, Nebraska, and NPI 1346512597, issued on Feb 3, 2012. Check the license (Nebraska 1618, as entered in NPPES) with the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara Kay Hunke
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 1618 NE
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 601 N 30TH St, Omaha, NE 68131
- Phone
- (402) 449-4692
- Enumerated
- Feb 3, 2012
- Record last updated
- Nov 9, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120316000646); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tara Kay Hunke in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Nebraska board licenses this profession
Search for license 1618Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
461 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 29% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole116 claims
- Stelara31 claims
- Mesalamine26 claims
- Linzess21 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims
- Motegrity20 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,408.28
86 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Oncology Hematology West PCOmaha, NE
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tara Kay Hunke among 1,352 physician assistant records in Nebraska
Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C is one of 1,352 physician assistant records with a practice address in Nebraska. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 37% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 37% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2017 among the 971 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Nebraska practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
546 physician assistant records list a practice address in Omaha
They are 546 of the 33,911 NPPES records with a practice address in Omaha, and 1,352 physician assistant records in Nebraska.
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Common questions
What is Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C's NPI number?
Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346512597, issued on Feb 3, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 601 N 30TH St, Omaha, NE, 68131. Phone: (402) 449-4692. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Nebraska license number 1618, as entered by the provider. Search the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tara Kay Hunke, PA-C had 461 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.