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Cheryl Elaine Caratao, APN

NPI 1609453216ActiveIndividual· Nurse Practitioner, Family· Piscataway, NJ

Nurse Practitioner, Family (APN) with Rekha Rao MD LLC, practicing in Piscataway, New Jersey. Part D covered 1,068 prescriptions written in 2024, 84% of them generic. Pfizer Inc. was the largest of 13 companies reporting payments in 2025, $782.06 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Bayshore Medical Center and 2 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1609453216
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialAPN
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMar 28, 2021
Last updated in NPPESMay 28, 2021
Certified by providerMay 28, 2021

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Nurse Practitioner, Family Primary363LF0000X26NJ01097200NJ

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (NJ)

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)1,068 · 1,423 30-day fills
Patients224
Total drug cost$171,061
Generic share84% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2020
Medicare specialtyNurse Practitioner

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$782.06 · 54 payments from 13 companies
  • 2024$347.37 · 21 payments from 11 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Pfizer Inc.$193.7220
Argenx US, Inc.$120.467
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$79.594
Lilly USA, LLC$72.914
Abbvie Inc.$57.534

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$782.06 · 54 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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