Michael Kakareka, DO

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1174948004

Michael Kakareka, DO practises Neurosurgery in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Qualified in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Tower Health Medical Group, a 579-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying: 12
Licensed in: MI, PA
In the registry since: 2014
Specialties on file: 2

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DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

601 Spruce St
West Reading, PA 19611-1443
Phone: (484) 628-8900

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Additional practice locations (1)

4190 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1626 — (215) 871-6690

Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary)	Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence OS024552 (PA)
Neurological Surgery Physician	Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 5101026082 (MI)

Record details

NPI number	1174948004
Entity type	Individual (Type 1)
Gender	Male
Credentials	DO
Sole proprietor	No
NPI enumerated	March 1, 2014
Last updated in NPPES	July 14, 2025
Certification date	July 14, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialty	NEUROSURGERY
Medical school	OTHER
Graduated	2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice	Tower Health Medical Group — 579 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment	Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Spinal fusion	29 times · 44th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)	11 times · 35th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients	131
Services billed	210 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age	73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage	$63 2 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Pottstown Hospital Hospital · Pottstown, PA · listed as Pottstown Hospital, LLC
Reading Hospital Hospital · West Reading, PA

Colleagues at Tower Health Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 579 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Dr. Silke A Bernert, MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician · Reading, PA
Scott A Dietrich, MD Family Medicine Physician · Womelsdorf, PA
Rosa Dominicis, CRNA Registered Nurse · West Reading, PA
Kristina Falatko, PA-C Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Hazleton, PA
Dr. Tong Ge, MD Diagnostic Radiology Physician · Carlisle, PA
Michael Gizzio, MD Anesthesiology Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Sahithi Gosala, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · West Reading, PA
Nathan Adam Keller, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician · West Reading, PA
Laurie Maceachern, BSN, RN, SRNA, CCRN Anesthesiologist Assistant · West Reading, PA
Dr. Shirish Nanalal Parikh, MD Internal Medicine Physician · Reading, PA
Jonathan D Rodger, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician · Wyomissing, PA
Michael Joseph Wechsler, PA-C Physician Assistant · West Reading, PA

Michael Kakareka, DO

Practice location Address checks out

Additional practice locations (1)

Specialties & licences

Record details

Medicare enrollment

Procedures

Medicare patients and services, 2024

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Practises at

Colleagues at Tower Health Medical Group

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