Dafer M Samara, MD

Primary specialty

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RC0200X

License

2015019906 Issued in MO

Practice address

1004 Carondelet Dr Ste 300
Kansas City, MO 64114-4858

Phone

(816) 942-4500

NPI assigned

Apr 18, 2007

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 5

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MO, KS2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Pulmonary Disease

Education

Other, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Prime Healthcare Kansas City - Physician Services LLCGroup PAC ID 7315267325, 71 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• St Joseph Medical Center Hospital, Kansas City, MO, CCN 260085
• St Mary's Medical Center Hospital, Blue Springs, MO, CCN 260193
• Centerpoint Medical Center Hospital, Independence, MO, CCN 260095

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

80.35 of 100Reported as group

Quality

61.06

Promoting interoperability

99

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.26

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: dafer.samara@hca2.eclinicaldirectplus.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.

• Prime Healthcare Kansas City - Physician Services LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Kansas City, MO
  • NPI 1427449487

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Prime Healthcare Physician Services - Providence Inc

  dba Providence Medical Group

  • General Practice Physician
  • Shawnee, KS
  • NPI 1356683213

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Prime Healthcare Physician Services - Providence Inc

  • General Practice Physician
  • Leavenworth, KS
  • NPI 1972119741
  NPD
• Carondelet Physician Services, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Grain Valley, MO
  • NPI 1699040006
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC

  dba Centerpoint Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Independence, MO
  • NPI 1942247044
  Care Compare affiliation
• Prime Healthcare Services - Kansas City, LLC

  dba St. Joseph Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Kansas City, MO
  • NPI 1528463080
  Care Compare affiliation
• Prime Healthcare Services Blue Springs, LLC

  dba St. Mary's Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Blue Springs, MO
  • NPI 1912303579
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Kansas City, MO
• Providers in Kansas City, MO by specialty
• Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Missouri

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 7, 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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