Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
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Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero, DO
NPI1275826133PAC ID1850611062
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,605
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,006
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,933
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 95
- Practice address
- 8745 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32940
- Practice phone
- Call (321) 434-9000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero is a pulmonologist in Melbourne, Florida
Dr. Spero practices at Viera Hospital in Melbourne, Florida, part of Health First.
Dr. Spero's NPI, 1275826133, was assigned on May 25, 2011. Dr. Spero graduated from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. Dr. Spero holds Florida license OS14502.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1275826133NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1850611062
- NPI enumeration date
- May 25, 2011
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (321) 434-9000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 41
- Medical school graduation
- 2011
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero practices at Viera Hospital in Melbourne, Florida
Dr. Spero's primary practice is Viera Hospital, at 8745 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32940 in Brevard County. The practice phone is (321) 434-9000.
- Viera Hospital8745 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32940 · Brevard CountyPhone(321) 434-9000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Spero's primary practice is Viera Hospital in Melbourne, Florida, part of Health First. Dr. Spero is also affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Health First Medical Group (Formerly Mima). Dmand AI also links Dr. Spero to 3 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Holmes Regional Medical CenterHealth First Medical Group (Formerly Mima)3 hospitalsNames with a free account1 group practice or clinicName with a free account
See all 7 affiliations for Dr. SperoSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Spero practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Viera Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +5 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero is one of 934 pulmonologists in Florida
Pulmonary disease is Dr. Spero's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Spero is board certified in critical care medicine (caq) by the AOA Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Spero is licensed in Florida.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pulmonary disease, FloridaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute respiratory failure, asthma, bronchitis, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic respiratory failure, hypersomnia and pleural effusion among the conditions Dr. Spero treats.
Pulmonologists near Dr. Spero
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero billed Medicare for 2,605 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,605 Medicare services from Dr. Spero across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,006 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $160,341 for them.
Medicare services, 20242,605
Medicare patients1,006
Paid by Medicare$160,341
Procedure codes12
Dr. Spero's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,5032024: 1,3838%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,1932024: 1,2222%
- Surgery
- 2023: 152024: 0100%
Where Dr. Spero's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office91535%
- In a facility1,69065%
Dr. Spero compared with the Florida median for pulmonologists, 2024
- Dr. Spero
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 2,605vs 1,0022.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 1,006vs 4082.5 times
- Part D claims
- 1,680vs 6372.6 times
Medians across 895 pulmonologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Spero'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.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero treated 1,006 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 1,006 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Spero in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 438 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.88, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Spero's median patient age at 73, with 54% women.
Medicare patients, 20241,006
Average age76
Average risk score1.88
Also on Medicaid5%
Dr. Spero's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Spero's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women57057%
- Men43643%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Spero's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis58%
- COPD54%
- Ischemic heart disease48%
- Chronic kidney disease38%
- Anxiety36%
- Diabetes36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Spero's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women54%
- Men45%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero wrote 1,933 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Spero wrote 1,933 Medicare Part D claims for 425 patients. 57% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,680 of them, across 31 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $494,231 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,563 claims across 33 drugs.
Part D claims, 20241,933
Drugs named by CMS31
Total drug cost$494,231
Part D patients425
Dr. Spero's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,099 claims57%
- Brand-name834 claims43%
Dr. Spero'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. Spero's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics10%187 of 1,933 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: 1,5632024: 1,6807%
Drugs named by CMS: 31 in 2024, 33 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. Kerry Elizabeth Spero scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Spero for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Spero accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Spero as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Spero's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 95of 100Final score
- 86.5of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Spero in 2017. Dr. Spero's most frequent co-author is Fahim M. Khorfan, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Spero's most frequent co-authors
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero received $4,105 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 249 general payments to Dr. Spero from 38 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $944.
General payments to Dr. Spero by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Spero by kind, 2016 to 2025
$4.1Kin total
- Food and beverage$4,091100%
- Education$150%
Companies that paid Dr. Spero the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero graduated from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Spero graduated from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011.
- Medical school
- Board certified in critical care medicine (caq)
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in pulmonary diseases
- Board certified in 2017 - 2026
- Board certified in 2013 - 2019
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers
Dr. Spero is in network with 8 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Alliant Health Plans. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Alliant Health Plans
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
- CMS Medicare
- Elevance
- HCSC
Plan types Dr. Spero accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO4
- HMO3
- POS3
- Medicare2
- EPO1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| 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 |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero's NPI number?
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero's NPI number is 1275826133. It was assigned on May 25, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero?
Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero is a pulmonologist in Melbourne, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).
Where does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero practice?
Dr. Spero practices at 8745 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32940. Dr. Spero's primary practice is Viera Hospital in Melbourne, Florida, part of Health First. Dmand AI also links Dr. Spero to 3 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Spero is (321) 434-9000.
What is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero's medical license number?
Dr. Spero holds Florida license OS14502.
Which hospitals is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero affiliated with?
Dr. Spero practices at Viera Hospital in Melbourne, Florida. Dr. Spero is also affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Spero to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero part of?
Dr. Spero is linked to Health First Medical Group (Formerly Mima).
Does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Spero billed Medicare for 2,605 services in 2024, and Dr. Spero accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Spero as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero's MIPS score?
Dr. Spero's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero see?
CMS counts 1,006 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Spero in 2024, with an average age of 76.
Is Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero board certified?
Yes. Dr. Spero is board certified in critical care medicine (caq) by the AOA Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Spero's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), lung function service (94726) and lung function service (94729).
Where did Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero go to medical school?
Dr. Spero graduated from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011.
What drugs does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Spero's most prescribed drugs by claims were Albuterol Sulfate Hfa, Trelegy Ellipta and Prednisone.
Has Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $4,105 in general payments to Dr. Spero from 38 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
How long has Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero been practicing?
Dr. Spero graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.
Does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Spero.
Who does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero publish with?
Dr. Spero's most frequent co-authors are Fahim M. Khorfan, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Kerry Elizabeth Spero accept?
Dr. Spero is in network with 8 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Alliant Health Plans. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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