Velissarios Karacostas, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Cincinnati, OH
Velissarios Karacostas, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Cincinnati, Ohio, and NPI 1023037926, issued on Jul 19, 2006. Check the license (Ohio 35-08-2459, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Velissarios Karacostas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 35-08-2459 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3001 Highland Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219
- Phone
- (513) 961-8484
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 29, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (513) 487-3760
- Medicaid IDs
- 640702614 KY
2397213 OH - Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3001 Highland Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Velissarios Karacostas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35-08-2459Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
398 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Escitalopram Oxalate26 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er24 claims
- Propranolol Hcl22 claims
- Metformin Hcl21 claims
- Methylphenidate Hcl21 claims
- Buspirone Hcl19 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: $12,141.62
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Velissarios Karacostas among 1,587 psychiatry physician records in Ohio
Velissarios Karacostas, M.D. is one of 1,587 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 70% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 49% of these records are
- Record last updated2012 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Velissarios Karacostas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Velissarios Karacostas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023037926, issued on Jul 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Velissarios Karacostas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3001 Highland Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45219. Phone: (513) 961-8484. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Velissarios Karacostas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35-08-2459, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Velissarios Karacostas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Velissarios Karacostas, M.D. had 398 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.