Cara Leann Sparks, M.D.

Primary specialty

Pediatric Anesthesiology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207LP3000X

License

48344 Issued in KY

Practice address

231 E Chestnut St
Louisville, KY 40202-1821

Phone

(502) 629-6000

Fax

(502) 451-4553

NPI assigned

May 16, 2011

Last updated

May 6, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 4

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KY

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 1

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Quality

97.07

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.49

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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

• Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1326091448

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Norton Children's Medical Group, LLC

  dba Norton Children's Behavioral and Mental Health

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1457999096
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Norton Children's Medical Group, LLC

  dba Norton Children's Radiologists

  • Pediatric Radiology Physician
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1659913812
  NPD

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

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• Stephen J. Spanbauer, M.D.
• Alice Cache Spandler-Davison, RBT
• Adam Spangler
• Karrie Spanyer, PTA
• Gina M Sparacino, D.O.
• Chelsey Sparks, DNP, APRN
• Daniel Sparks
• Dennis A Sparks, M.D.
• Destiny A Sparks, RBT
• Emily Sparks, PTA

• Pediatric Anesthesiology Physician in Louisville, KY
• Providers in Louisville, KY by specialty
• Pediatric Anesthesiology Physician in Kentucky

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 6, 2025; 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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