J Hand Surg Glob Online
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer, MD
NPI1588646129PAC ID2365462751
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,332
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 584
- Part D claims, 2024
- 56
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 88
- Practice address
- 82 New Park Ave, North Franklin, CT 06254
- Practice phone
- Call (860) 889-7345
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Orthopedic Partners
North Franklin, Connecticut
Find Dr. Kardestuncer's professional email, personal email and mobile number
Dmand AI checks each channel through healthcare-specific waterfall enrichment. See what is on file with a free account, with practice phones, licenses and affiliations.
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in North Franklin, Connecticut
Dr. Kardestuncer practices at Orthopedic Partners in North Franklin, Connecticut.
Dr. Kardestuncer's NPI, 1588646129, was assigned on November 18, 2005. Dr. Kardestuncer graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1999. Dr. Kardestuncer holds Connecticut license 044116.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1588646129NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2365462751
- NPI enumeration date
- November 18, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (860) 889-7345
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 53
- Medical school graduation
- 1999
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer practices at Orthopedic Partners in North Franklin, Connecticut
Dr. Kardestuncer's primary practice is Orthopedic Partners, at 82 New Park Ave, North Franklin, CT 06254 in Southeastern Ct County. The practice phone is (860) 889-7345.
- Orthopedic Partners82 New Park Ave, North Franklin, CT 06254 · Southeastern Ct CountyPhone(860) 889-7345
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Kardestuncer's primary practice is Orthopedic Partners in North Franklin, Connecticut. Dr. Kardestuncer is also affiliated with Backus Hospital. The medical group on file is Orthopedic Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kardestuncer to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Orthopedic PartnersPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kardestuncer practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Orthopedic Partners | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
For health IT teams
See the EHR and IT leaders at every site where Dr. Kardestuncer practices
Dmand AI maps EHR vendors, IT decision makers and buying committees across each health system and 6.2K+ hospitals, with verified contacts in the same login.
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer is one of 50 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Connecticut
Hand surgery is Dr. Kardestuncer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dr. Kardestuncer is licensed in Connecticut.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic hand surgery, ConnecticutPrimary
Orthopaedic hand surgery physicians near Dr. Kardestuncer
Counts of orthopaedic hand surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer billed Medicare for 2,332 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,332 Medicare services from Dr. Kardestuncer across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 584 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $133,366 for them.
Medicare services, 20242,332
Medicare patients584
Paid by Medicare$133,366
Procedure codes21
Dr. Kardestuncer's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 8242024: 8564%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6122024: 5874%
- Imaging
- 2023: 8822024: 50443%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2852024: 35525%
- Other services
- 2023: 212024: 3043%
Where Dr. Kardestuncer's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,23096%
- In a facility1024%
Dr. Kardestuncer compared with the Connecticut median for orthopaedic hand surgery physicians, 2024
- Dr. Kardestuncer
- Connecticut median
- Medicare services
- 2,332vs 1,17998% above
- Medicare patients
- 584vs 2882.0 times
- Part D claims
- 27vs 7865% below
Medians across 50 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Connecticut with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kardestuncer's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
Need commercial claims for Dr. Kardestuncer?
Medicare shows one payer. Book a meeting to get commercial claims data for Dr. Kardestuncer and other orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Connecticut.
Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer treated 584 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 584 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kardestuncer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 249 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.12, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kardestuncer's median patient age at 67, with 56% women.
Medicare patients, 2024584
Average age74
Average risk score1.12
Also on Medicaid20%
Dr. Kardestuncer's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kardestuncer's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women35461%
- Men23039%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kardestuncer's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis66%
- Anxiety30%
- Mood disorders29%
- Diabetes26%
- Depression25%
- Ischemic heart disease24%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kardestuncer's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 67
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women56%
- Men43%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer wrote 56 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kardestuncer wrote 56 Medicare Part D claims for 49 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 27 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $69 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 15 claims across 1 drug.
Part D claims, 202456
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$69
Part D patients49
Dr. Kardestuncer's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kardestuncer's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids39%22 of 56 claims
- Antibiotics23%13 of 56 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 152024: 2780%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer scored 88 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Kardestuncer for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kardestuncer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Kardestuncer's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 88of 100Final score
- 83.1of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 84of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
For MedTech and pharma teams
Find orthopaedic hand surgery physicians like Dr. Kardestuncer by procedure volume and prescribing
Filter 7.4M+ HCPs by Medicare procedures, Part D drugs and Open Payments history, then reach them with verified contacts in one login.
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Kardestuncer in 2022.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Kardestuncer
See who Dr. Kardestuncer researches with
Physician Network Discovery turns co-authorship, shared hospitals and shared groups into a map of who Dr. Kardestuncer works with, so you can find a warm path to the right orthopaedic hand surgery physicians.
Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer received $5,206 in industry payments from 2018 to 2023
CMS Open Payments shows 17 general payments to Dr. Kardestuncer from 4 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2023. Education make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Medartis Inc. paid the most, $4,794.
General payments to Dr. Kardestuncer by program year, 2018 to 2023
General payments to Dr. Kardestuncer by kind, 2018 to 2023
$5.2Kin total
- Education$2,41446%
- Travel and lodging$2,29544%
- Food and beverage$49710%
Companies that paid Dr. Kardestuncer the most, 2018 to 2023
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Dr. Kardestuncer graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1999.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
Data last refreshed October 2026Report an inaccuracyRemove my information
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer
Spotted something out of date? Email hello@dmand.ai and we will check the record. Contact details live in the free trial.
What is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's NPI number?
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's NPI number is 1588646129. It was assigned on November 18, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer?
Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in North Franklin, Connecticut. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XS0106X).
Where does Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer practice?
Dr. Kardestuncer practices at 82 New Park Ave, North Franklin, CT 06254. Dr. Kardestuncer's primary practice is Orthopedic Partners in North Franklin, Connecticut. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kardestuncer to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kardestuncer is (860) 889-7345.
What is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's medical license number?
Dr. Kardestuncer holds Connecticut license 044116.
Which hospitals is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer affiliated with?
Dr. Kardestuncer is affiliated with Backus Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Kardestuncer to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer part of?
Dr. Kardestuncer is linked to Orthopedic Partners.
Does Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kardestuncer billed Medicare for 2,332 services in 2024, and Dr. Kardestuncer accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer's MIPS score?
Dr. Kardestuncer's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 88 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer see?
CMS counts 584 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kardestuncer in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Show 6 more questionsShow fewer questions
What services does Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kardestuncer's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer go to medical school?
Dr. Kardestuncer graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1999.
What drugs does Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kardestuncer's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,206 in general payments to Dr. Kardestuncer from 4 companies from 2018 to 2023. The largest total came from Medartis Inc.
How long has Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer been practicing?
Dr. Kardestuncer graduated from medical school in 1999, 27 years ago.
Does Dr. Tarik Kardestuncer do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Kardestuncer.
Selling to hand surgery practices?
See orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Connecticut by site of care and group
Find the practices, groups and hospitals they work with, and the right people to contact at each.
- 30 days free
- Self-serve
- No credit card