Kara Nina Schaffer, PA

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Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,815

Pharmacies billed $3,815 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

64 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,815 in drug cost.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Fluconazole	11	$33	$3

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	69	24	None	None	$3,815
2023	52	25	0% (0)	None	$24,158
2022	1,117	224	0% (0)	59%	$707,691
2021	1,287	238	0% (0)	56%	$864,424
2020	14	None	0% (0)	None	$117

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

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2022: 25 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Trulicity	102	$139,589	$1,369
Jardiance	110	$104,120	$947
Ozempic	52	$74,221	$1,427
Rybelsus	37	$56,199	$1,519
Farxiga	41	$48,656	$1,187
Novolog Flexpen	37	$38,525	$1,041
Januvia	22	$20,901	$950
Tradjenta	26	$20,826	$801
Invokana	16	$16,124	$1,008
Vascepa	25	$13,553	$542
Lantus Solostar	28	$11,981	$428
Basaglar Kwikpen U-100	24	$9,267	$386
Kerendia	12	$8,046	$671
Toujeo Solostar	11	$3,689	$335
Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle	20	$3,451	$173
Repaglinide	31	$2,621	$85
Pioglitazone	52	$1,484	$29
Rosuvastatin	24	$1,005	$42
Levothyroxine	39	$976	$25
Metformin	65	$877	$13
Atorvastatin	39	$725	$19
Metformin Hcl Er	31	$683	$22
Alendronate	22	$290	$13
Losartan	12	$212	$18
Lisinopril	11	$151	$14

2021: 28 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Trulicity	132	$206,347	$1,563
Jardiance	88	$94,249	$1,071
Ozempic	64	$94,155	$1,471
Farxiga	54	$67,715	$1,254
Novolog Flexpen	35	$60,398	$1,726
Rybelsus	37	$57,254	$1,547
Invokana	42	$31,282	$745
Tradjenta	28	$27,484	$982
Bydureon Bcise	17	$19,461	$1,145
Januvia	23	$16,522	$718
Vascepa	16	$14,698	$919
Gvoke Hypopen 2-Pack	20	$14,081	$704
Lantus Solostar	27	$12,973	$480
Basaglar Kwikpen U-100	11	$4,031	$366
Repaglinide	39	$3,480	$89
Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle	23	$3,436	$149
Levothyroxine	55	$1,185	$22
Metformin	108	$1,088	$10
Pioglitazone	54	$989	$18
Rosuvastatin	19	$810	$43
Metformin Hcl Er	47	$683	$15
Atorvastatin	30	$523	$17
Methimazole	17	$421	$25
Losartan	19	$234	$12
Gabapentin	11	$216	$20
Alendronate	21	$210	$10
Lisinopril	12	$81	$7
Dexamethasone	17	$24	$1

Money from drug and device companies

$258 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	4	15	None	$258
2024	5	17	None	$286
2023	8	26	None	$366
2022	15	38	None	$778
2021	24	140	None	$2,681

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

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Payments by company

GlaxoSmithKline	Benlysta	$173	12 payments Meals for Benlysta · 2025-12-02 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-11-04 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-10-14 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-09-29 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-08-19 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-07-08 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-06-03 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-05-12 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-04-21 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-03-25 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-02-18 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2025-01-13 · $14
Biogen	Zurzuvae	$30	1 payment Meals for Zurzuvae · 2025-03-05 · $30
Exact Sciences	Cologuard Collection Kit	$29	1 payment Meals for Cologuard Collection Kit · 2025-02-20 · $29
Hologic Sales and Service	Aptima	$26	1 payment Meals for Aptima · 2025-04-30 · $26

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Every published payment

GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-12-02	Benlysta	$15
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-11-04	Benlysta	$14
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-10-14	Benlysta	$14
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-09-29	Benlysta	$14
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-08-19	Benlysta	$14
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-07-08	Benlysta	$14
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-06-03	Benlysta	$15
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-05-12	Benlysta	$15
Hologic Sales and Service	Meals · 2025-04-30	Aptima	$26
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-04-21	Benlysta	$15
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-03-25	Benlysta	$15
Biogen	Meals · 2025-03-05	Zurzuvae	$30
Exact Sciences	Meals · 2025-02-20	Cologuard Collection Kit	$29
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-02-18	Benlysta	$15
GlaxoSmithKline	Meals · 2025-01-13	Benlysta	$14

See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

2024: $286

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Payments by company in 2024

GlaxoSmithKline	Benlysta	$167	12 payments Meals for Benlysta · 2024-12-09 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-11-04 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-10-14 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-09-09 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-08-05 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-07-09 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-06-03 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-05-06 · $14 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-04-02 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-03-06 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-02-05 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2024-01-08 · $13
Organon	Nexplanon	$46	2 payments Meals for Nexplanon · 2024-07-25 · $22 Meals for Nexplanon · 2024-05-08 · $24
kaleo	Auvi-Q	$34	1 payment Meals for Auvi-Q · 2024-06-07 · $34
Phadia US	Immunocap	$21	1 payment Meals for Immunocap · 2024-04-05 · $21
Amgen	Evenity	$17	1 payment Meals for Evenity · 2024-09-18 · $17

2023: $366

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Payments by company in 2023

GlaxoSmithKline	Benlysta	$178	14 payments Meals for Benlysta · 2023-12-11 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-11-28 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-11-01 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-09-28 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-08-22 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-07-25 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-06-22 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-05-30 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-05-04 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-04-13 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-03-28 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-03-16 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-02-06 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2023-01-24 · $13
Ethicon US	Monocryl	$71	2 payments Meals for Monocryl · 2023-11-20 · $44 Meals for Enseal · 2023-06-05 · $27
CooperSurgical	Paragard T 380a	$29	1 payment Meals for Paragard T 380a · 2023-03-25 · $29
Mayne Pharma Commercial	None	$23	5 payments Meals · 2023-10-03 · $6 Meals · 2023-09-13 · $5 Meals · 2023-08-21 · $4 Meals · 2023-06-12 · $5 Meals · 2023-03-27 · $4
Organon	Nexplanon	$19	1 payment Meals for Nexplanon · 2023-05-09 · $19
Pfizer	Nurtec Odt	$17	1 payment Meals for Nurtec Odt · 2023-09-06 · $17
Sumitomo Pharma America	Myfembree	$17	1 payment Meals for Myfembree · 2023-08-23 · $17
Abbvie	Vraylar	$13	1 payment Meals for Vraylar · 2023-09-21 · $13

2022: $778

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Payments by company in 2022

GlaxoSmithKline	Benlysta	$139	12 payments Meals for Benlysta · 2022-12-08 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-11-29 · $13 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-10-26 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-09-15 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-08-10 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-07-27 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-06-28 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-05-26 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-04-21 · $10 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-03-17 · $17 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-02-10 · $15 Meals for Benlysta · 2022-01-20 · $10
Esperion Therapeutics	Nexlizet	$125	1 payment Meals for Nexlizet · 2022-02-09 · $125
Organon	Nexplanon	$99	5 payments Meals for Nexplanon · 2022-05-31 · $14 Meals · 2022-03-11 · $12 Meals for Nexplanon · 2022-02-18 · $19 Meals for Nexplanon · 2022-02-18 · $47 Meals · 2022-02-17 · $6
Novo Nordisk	Rybelsus	$68	4 payments Meals for Rybelsus · 2022-03-11 · $23 Meals for Rybelsus · 2022-03-03 · $15 Meals for Ozempic · 2022-02-16 · $13 Meals for Ozempic · 2022-01-20 · $16
Lilly USA	Baqsimi	$60	2 payments Meals for Baqsimi · 2022-03-09 · $30 Meals for Baqsimi · 2022-02-15 · $30
Aurinia Pharma U.S.	Lupkynis	$51	2 payments Meals for Lupkynis · 2022-03-01 · $24 Meals for Lupkynis · 2022-01-25 · $27
Horizon Therapeutics plc	Tepezza	$45	2 payments Meals for Tepezza · 2022-02-22 · $19 Meals for Tepezza · 2022-01-14 · $26
Sanofi-Aventis U.S.	Toujeo	$36	2 payments Meals for Soliqua 100/33 · 2022-03-22 · $17 Meals for Toujeo · 2022-01-08 · $19
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals	Jardiance	$31	2 payments Meals for Jardiance · 2022-03-30 · $13 Meals for Jardiance · 2022-01-26 · $18
Amgen	Evenity	$26	1 payment Meals for Evenity · 2022-01-11 · $26
Dexcom	Dexcom G6 Transmitter	$23	1 payment Meals for Dexcom G6 Transmitter · 2022-01-11 · $23
Xeris Pharmaceuticals	Gvoke Pfs	$21	1 payment Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2022-03-23 · $21
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	Saphnelo	$19	1 payment Meals for Saphnelo · 2022-01-20 · $19
Novartis Pharmaceuticals	Entresto	$18	1 payment Meals for Entresto · 2022-03-16 · $18
TherapeuticsMD	Annovera	$17	1 payment Meals for Annovera · 2022-10-25 · $17

2021: $2,681

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Payments by company in 2021

Novo Nordisk	Ozempic	$619	47 payments Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-12-15 · $21 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-12-01 · $7 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-11-17 · $17 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-11-12 · $7 Meals · 2021-11-10 · $14 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-11-05 · $9 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-11-03 · $11 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-11-01 · $50 Meals · 2021-10-28 · $17 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-10-27 · $3 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-10-20 · $9 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-10-13 · $3 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-10-13 · $9 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-10-13 · $0 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-09-29 · $12 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-09-08 · $9 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-09-08 · $1 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-08-27 · $11 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-30 · $10 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-29 · $15 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-28 · $2 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-21 · $1 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-21 · $2 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-21 · $11 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-07-14 · $20 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-06-10 · $11 Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-06-10 · $101 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-06-02 · $16 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-19 · $3 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-19 · $14 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-13 · $19 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-13 · $2 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-13 · $3 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-05 · $20 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-05-04 · $12 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-30 · $6 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-30 · $24 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-26 · $6 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-22 · $22 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-14 · $17 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-06 · $1 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-06 · $12 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-04-01 · $6 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-03-26 · $16 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-03-26 · $14 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-03-16 · $19 Meals for Ozempic · 2021-03-16 · $6
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	Farxiga	$324	11 payments Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-12-07 · $23 Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-10-07 · $18 Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-09-02 · $24 Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-08-03 · $20 Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-07-20 · $22 Meals for Farxiga · 2021-07-14 · $125 Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-06-15 · $17 Meals for Saphnelo · 2021-05-20 · $14 Meals for Farxiga · 2021-05-07 · $17 Meals for Farxiga · 2021-04-02 · $33 Meals for Farxiga · 2021-04-02 · $13
Lilly USA	Trulicity	$277	15 payments Meals for Trulicity · 2021-10-29 · $9 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-10-29 · $19 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-10-15 · $5 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-09-24 · $7 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-09-10 · $13 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-08-28 · $21 Meals for Lyumjev · 2021-08-20 · $31 Meals for Baqsimi · 2021-07-21 · $23 Meals for Baqsimi · 2021-06-16 · $28 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-05-13 · $18 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-05-13 · $10 Meals for Lyumjev · 2021-05-13 · $34 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-04-20 · $19 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-04-09 · $22 Meals for Trulicity · 2021-04-01 · $20
Corcept Therapeutics	Korlym	$267	9 payments Meals for Korlym · 2021-11-09 · $62 Meals for Korlym · 2021-07-20 · $14 Meals for Korlym · 2021-07-09 · $8 Meals for Korlym · 2021-06-23 · $18 Meals for Korlym · 2021-06-04 · $85 Meals for Korlym · 2021-05-17 · $16 Meals for Korlym · 2021-04-30 · $18 Meals for Korlym · 2021-04-05 · $18 Meals for Korlym · 2021-03-17 · $28
Dexcom	Dexcom G6 Transmitter	$227	4 payments Meals for Dexcom G6 Transmitter · 2021-11-16 · $23 Meals for Dexcom G6 Transmitter · 2021-09-28 · $134 Meals for Dexcom G6 Transmitter · 2021-09-24 · $48 Meals for Dexcom G6 Transmitter · 2021-08-25 · $23
MannKind	Afrezza	$165	3 payments Meals for Afrezza · 2021-11-05 · $21 Meals for Afrezza · 2021-10-20 · $19 Meals for Afrezza · 2021-08-04 · $124
Xeris Pharmaceuticals	Gvoke Pfs	$132	7 payments Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-12-14 · $16 Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-11-23 · $21 Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-11-03 · $23 Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-10-08 · $21 Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-08-18 · $20 Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-08-04 · $13 Meals for Gvoke Pfs · 2021-03-24 · $18
Amgen	Enbrel	$114	6 payments Meals for Repatha · 2021-10-13 · $33 Meals for Evenity · 2021-10-06 · $11 Meals for Enbrel · 2021-08-24 · $18 Meals for Aimovig · 2021-05-24 · $17 Meals for Enbrel · 2021-05-18 · $19 Meals for Aimovig · 2021-05-10 · $15
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals	Jardiance	$80	4 payments Meals for Jardiance · 2021-10-27 · $20 Meals for Jardiance · 2021-09-22 · $20 Meals for Jardiance · 2021-07-27 · $17 Meals for Jardiance · 2021-03-29 · $23
Radius Health	Tymlos	$73	4 payments Meals for Tymlos · 2021-12-16 · $11 Meals for Tymlos · 2021-11-19 · $21 Meals for Tymlos · 2021-08-05 · $19 Meals for Tymlos · 2021-06-23 · $22
IBSA Pharma	Tirosint	$61	3 payments Meals for Tirosint · 2021-11-10 · $20 Meals for Tirosint · 2021-10-15 · $21 Meals for Tirosint · 2021-09-30 · $20
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America	Livalo	$51	3 payments Meals for Livalo · 2021-10-05 · $15 Meals for Livalo · 2021-03-29 · $17 Meals for Livalo · 2021-03-19 · $18
Merck Sharp & Dohme	Januvia	$49	3 payments Meals for Januvia · 2021-11-17 · $12 Meals for Januvia · 2021-07-07 · $20 Meals for Januvia · 2021-03-15 · $17
Janssen Biotech	Tremfya	$45	2 payments Meals for Tremfya · 2021-07-22 · $22 Meals for Tremfya · 2021-06-22 · $23
Horizon Therapeutics plc	Tepezza	$37	2 payments Meals for Tepezza · 2021-12-07 · $17 Meals for Tepezza · 2021-03-30 · $20
GlaxoSmithKline	Benlysta	$26	1 payment Meals for Benlysta · 2021-06-14 · $26
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals	Kerendia	$24	1 payment Meals for Kerendia · 2021-12-01 · $24
AbbVie	Rinvoq	$20	1 payment Meals for Rinvoq · 2021-04-09 · $20
Zealand Pharma US	Zegalogue	$20	1 payment Meals for Zegalogue · 2021-11-10 · $20
Insulet	Omnipod	$17	1 payment Meals for Omnipod · 2021-08-29 · $17
Medtronic	Minimed 670g System	$15	1 payment Meals for Minimed 670g System · 2021-04-08 · $15
Amryt Pharma Holdings	Myalept	$13	1 payment Meals for Myalept · 2021-09-15 · $13
Sanofi-Aventis U.S.	Toujeo	$13	1 payment Meals for Toujeo · 2021-04-12 · $13
TherapeuticsMD	Annovera	$12	1 payment Meals for Annovera · 2021-12-10 · $12

Professional record

NPI: 1821613746
Licence: AZ TP7912
Group: UCSF Health Medical Foundation
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Physician assistant (363A00000X)
Mailing address: 725 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
NPI first listed: 2020-06-16
NPI last updated: 2026-02-24
NPI record certified: 2026-02-24

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

Extra NPI addresses: 14880 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA, 95032 · 2690 S White Rd Ste 50, San Jose, CA, 95148