Dr. Ayla Kessler, MD

  • Wisconsin Rapids, WI
  • Medical oncologist
NPI1437359585PAC ID8426196601
Medicare services, 2024
12
Medicare patients, 2024
18
Part D claims, 2024
97
Clinical trials
7
MIPS score, 2024
91
Practice address
410 Dewey St, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Practice phone
Call (715) 423-6060
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Primary practice

Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital

Hospital · Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

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Dr. Ayla Kessler is a medical oncologist in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Dr. Kessler practices at Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, part of Aspirus.

Dr. Kessler's NPI, 1437359585, was assigned on July 18, 2007. Dr. Kessler graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Kessler's North Carolina license number on file is 201501869.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8426196601
NPI enumeration date
July 18, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(715) 423-6060
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
47
Medical school graduation
2003

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Ayla Kessler practices at Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital, at 410 Dewey St, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 in Wood County. The practice phone is (715) 423-6060.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Ayla Kessler is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, part of Aspirus. Dr. Kessler is also affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is Ashe Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kessler to 3 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ayla Kessler's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kessler practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids HospitalAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Ayla Kessler is one of 73 medical oncologists in Wisconsin

Medical oncology is Dr. Kessler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RX0202X. Dr. Kessler is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Kessler's licenses on file in 5 states: North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Medical oncology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 201501869 · 2015 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RX0202X
  • Florida license2022 to 2025
  • Internal medicine, OhioLicense 35.099228 · 2012 to 2025 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Wisconsin license2023 to 2025
  • New York license2022 to 2024

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists breast cancer, chronic anemia, chronic leukemia, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and prostate cancer among the conditions Dr. Kessler treats.

Medical oncologists near Dr. Kessler

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ayla Kessler billed Medicare for 12 services in 2024

CMS data shows 12 Medicare services from Dr. Kessler across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 18 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $288 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202412
Medicare patients18
Paid by Medicare$288
Procedure codes1

Dr. Kessler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1502024: 1292%

Dr. Kessler compared with the Wisconsin median for medical oncologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kessler
  • Wisconsin median
Medicare services
12vs 32296% below
Medicare patients
18vs 12485% below
Part D claims
14vs 22194% below

Medians across 70 medical oncologists in Wisconsin with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kessler'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. Ayla Kessler treated 18 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 66

CMS counts 18 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kessler in 2024. 72% of them have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.65, 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. Kessler's median patient age at 75, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 202418
Average age66
Average risk score1.65

Chronic conditions among Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol72%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Kessler's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men39%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ayla Kessler wrote 97 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kessler wrote 97 Medicare Part D claims for 34 patients. 68% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $9,633 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 118 claims across 7 drugs.

Part D claims, 202497
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$9,633
Part D patients34

Dr. Kessler's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic66 claims68%
  • Brand-name31 claims32%

Dr. Kessler'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1182024: 1488%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 7 in 2023.

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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. Ayla Kessler scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Kessler for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kessler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Kessler's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 87.9of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

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. Ayla Kessler has worked on 7 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Kessler to 7 clinical trials, 4 of them phase 3 studies. 3 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Breast Neoplasms, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms and Breast Neoplasms, Male. Novartis Pharmaceuticals sponsors the most, 2.

Clinical trials with Dr. Kessler by phase

  1. NonePhase 1: no trials
  2. 1Phase 1/2: 1 trial
  3. 2Phase 2: 2 trials
  4. 4Phase 3: 4 trials
  5. NonePhase 4: no trials

Conditions in Dr. Kessler's trials

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Kessler

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Kessler

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Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Ayla Kessler received $14,234 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 639 general payments to Dr. Kessler from 48 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $4,533.

General payments to Dr. Kessler by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Kessler by kind, 2016 to 2025

$14.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$9,98170%
  • Consulting fees$2,65019%
  • Travel and lodging$1,0427%
  • Education$5624%

Companies that paid Dr. Kessler the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Ayla Kessler has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Kessler, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Kessler

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ayla Kessler graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Kessler graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Kessler is a member of ACP, AMA, ASCO and European Society of Medical Oncology.

  1. Medical schoolMansoura University Faculty of Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in medical oncologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ayla Kessler accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Kessler is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • CareSource
  • +12 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Kessler accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. HMO9
  3. Medicare9
  4. EPO4
  5. Medicaid4
  6. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ayla Kessler's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Ayla Kessler's NPI number?

Dr. Ayla Kessler's NPI number is 1437359585. It was assigned on July 18, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ayla Kessler?

Dr. Ayla Kessler is a medical oncologist in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Medical Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 207RX0202X).

Where does Dr. Ayla Kessler practice?

Dr. Kessler practices at 410 Dewey St, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494. Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, part of Aspirus. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kessler to 3 hospitals and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Ayla Kessler's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kessler is (715) 423-6060.

What is Dr. Ayla Kessler's medical license number?

Dr. Kessler's North Carolina license number on file is 201501869, one of the licenses on file in 5 states.

Which states has Dr. Ayla Kessler been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kessler in North Carolina (2015 to 2025), Florida (2022 to 2025), Ohio (2012 to 2025), Wisconsin (2023 to 2025) and New York (2022 to 2024).

Which hospitals is Dr. Ayla Kessler affiliated with?

Dr. Kessler practices at Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Dr. Kessler is also affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Kessler to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Ayla Kessler part of?

Dr. Kessler is linked to Ashe Memorial Hospital.

Does Dr. Ayla Kessler accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kessler billed Medicare for 12 services in 2024, and Dr. Kessler accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Ayla Kessler's MIPS score?

Dr. Kessler's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ayla Kessler see?

CMS counts 18 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kessler in 2024, with an average age of 66.

Is Dr. Ayla Kessler board certified?

Yes. Dr. Kessler is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Ayla Kessler bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kessler's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Ayla Kessler go to medical school?

Dr. Kessler graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Ayla Kessler prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kessler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Xarelto.

Has Dr. Ayla Kessler received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $14,234 in general payments to Dr. Kessler from 48 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Pfizer Inc.

How long has Dr. Ayla Kessler been practicing?

Dr. Kessler graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Ayla Kessler do research?

Dr. Kessler has worked on 7 clinical trials.

What insurance does Dr. Ayla Kessler accept?

Dr. Kessler is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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