Sara Saunders, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

A159860 Issued in IA

Practice address

317 6TH Ave Ste 901
Des Moines, IA 50309-4120

Phone

(800) 946-9143

NPI assigned

Jul 17, 2020

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2020

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: sara.saunders.1@25410.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Joincareteam, P.C.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1053932269

  TN

  Medicare reassignment

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "last_updated_epoch": "1782691200000",
    "number": "1144838038",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "555 22ND ST",
            "city": "WEST DES MOINES",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "502654101"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "317 6TH AVE STE 901",
            "city": "DES MOINES",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "503094120",
            "telephone_number": "800-946-9143"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "SAUNDERS",
        "first_name": "SARA",
        "credential": "DNP, ARNP, FNP-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2020-07-17",
        "last_updated": "2026-06-29",
        "certification_date": "2026-06-29",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
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            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "sara.saunders.1@25410.direct.athenahealth.com",
            "affiliation": "Y",
            "endpointDescription": "Send via secure Direct Message",
            "affiliationName": "JoinCareTeam, P.C.",
            "use": "DIRECT",
            "useDescription": "Direct",
            "contentType": "OTHER",
            "contentTypeDescription": "Other",
            "contentOtherDescription": "Multiple",
            "address_1": "317 6th Ave Ste 901",
            "city": "Des Moines",
            "state": "IA",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "503094120",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
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    "other_names": []
}

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• Kristy Sastamoine, M.S.
• Tylaiah Saulsberry, LMSW
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• Kristin Nicole Sauvago
• Ali Savage-Hand
• Richard A Savage, MD
• Maria Savaidis

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Des Moines, IA
• Providers in Des Moines, IA by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Iowa

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 29, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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