Tara L. Kunkle, PA
Medical Physician Assistant · Pittsburgh, PA
Tara L. Kunkle, PA is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1386646495, issued on Jun 2, 2005. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA051317, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara L. Kunkle
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- MA051317 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4800 Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
- Phone
- (412) 578-1783
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 6, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (412) 578-0139
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031231000449); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tara L. Kunkle in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA051317Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
108 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone100 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): 74.5 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: $19.87
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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.
Tara L. Kunkle among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Tara L. Kunkle, PA is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 97% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
521 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Pittsburgh
They are 521 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Tara L. Kunkle, PA's NPI number?
Tara L. Kunkle, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386646495, issued on Jun 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara L. Kunkle, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4800 Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224. Phone: (412) 578-1783. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara L. Kunkle, PA's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA051317, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tara L. Kunkle, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tara L. Kunkle, PA had 108 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tara L. Kunkle, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.5 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.