Tara Krishnasastry, P.A.
Physician Assistant · Laguna Hills, CA
Tara Krishnasastry, P.A. is a physician assistant with a practice address in Laguna Hills, California, and NPI 1639313745, issued on Apr 21, 2009. Check the license (California PA64005, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara Krishnasastry
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA64005 CA
013169 NY
5352 CT
2944 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 24411 Health Center Dr Ste 680, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Phone
- (949) 268-4568
- Enumerated
- Apr 21, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Fax
- (954) 337-0760
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240327000304); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tara Krishnasastry in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA64005Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
52 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 71.8 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: $364.61
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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
- Memorialcare Medical FoundationLong Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tara Krishnasastry among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Tara Krishnasastry, P.A. is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 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 2009, is newer than 25% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 25% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
53 physician assistant records list a practice address in Laguna Hills
They are 53 of the 2,069 NPPES records with a practice address in Laguna Hills, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Tara Krishnasastry, P.A.'s NPI number?
Tara Krishnasastry, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639313745, issued on Apr 21, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara Krishnasastry, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 24411 Health Center Dr Ste 680, Laguna Hills, CA, 92653. Phone: (949) 268-4568. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara Krishnasastry, P.A.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number PA64005, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tara Krishnasastry, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tara Krishnasastry, P.A. had 52 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tara Krishnasastry, P.A.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 71.8 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.