Karen Ann Destefano, PA-C

Primary specialty

Surgical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AS0400X

License

MA001219L Issued in PA

Practice address

5230 Centre Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-1304

Phone

(412) 623-2314

NPI assigned

Mar 31, 2006

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

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

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 1987

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Upmc Community Medicine IncGroup PAC ID 2062318975, 736 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

83.75 of 100Reported as group

Quality

70.53

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

75.31

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: karen.a.destefano@upmcdirect.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.

• Upmc Community Medicine, Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1558976092
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1619935004
  Medicare reassignment
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1285692699
  NPD
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Surgery Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1306804729
  NPD
• Upmc Community Medcine Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hermitage, PA
  • NPI 1023806676
  NPD
• Upmc Community Medicine Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Conneaut Lake, PA
  • NPI 1003228172
  NPD

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

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• Melissa Desoto, LCSW
• Dina Ruzzi Despres
• Sharmine Laura Dessalines
• Destani Trichology Service LLC
• Juliehera Destefano, MSW. LSW
• Kyle Destefano, MD
• Henson Destine, M.D.
• Carly Deter, MD
• Vincent S Detore II, PHARMD
• Kyle Detsch

• Surgical Physician Assistant in Pittsburgh, PA
• Providers in Pittsburgh, PA by specialty
• Surgical Physician Assistant in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 21, 2022; 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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