Dr. Michael John Cafaro , DC, ACUP
Chiropractor • Youngstown, OH
527 N Meridian Rd
Youngstown, OH 445091227
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NPI assigned on December 14, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 120 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 120 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ohio (2024, 1,059 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 370. Middle half: 193 to 684.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 283 in 2020 to 120 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
527 N Meridian Rd
Youngstown, OH 445091227
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 3 distinct additional practice-address records in Warren, OH; Youngstown, OH. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Meridian Healthcare. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Palmer College Chiropractic - Davenport
2004
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
35 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $4,464 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $3,040 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $37.14 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $37.14 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Indivior Inc.: $19.45 across 1 record.
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.): $17.69 across 1 record.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
22 years (graduated 2004)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2004 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Cafaro has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Youngstown and Ohio
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ohio (2024, 1,059 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 370. Middle half: 193 to 684.
Too few clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Youngstown have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ohio (2024, 1,059 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,853. Middle half: $6,445 to $23,051.
Too few clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Youngstown have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ohio (2024, 1,059 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,973. Middle half: $4,507 to $16,127.
Too few clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Youngstown have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
13 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Youngstown, OH (2,688 in Ohio).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Youngstown
0% of these 13 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
53.8% of these 13 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 58% from 283 in 2020 to 120 in 2024.
- 2020: 283
- 2021: 212
- 2022: 222
- 2023: 160
- 2024: 120
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 61% from $11,337 in 2020 to $4,464 in 2024.
- 2020: $11,337
- 2021: $8,304
- 2022: $7,516
- 2023: $6,106
- 2024: $4,464
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 65% from $8,575 in 2020 to $3,040 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,575
- 2021: $5,722
- 2022: $5,340
- 2023: $3,736
- 2024: $3,040
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $359.24 in 2021 to $37.14 in 2025.
- 2021: $359.24
- 2022: $396.80
- 2023: $149.79
- 2024: $272.25
- 2025: $37.14
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $37.14.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Indivior Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SUBLOCADE | General | $19.45 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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CAPLYTA | General | $17.69 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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120 | 26 | $42.00 | $37.20 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-07-31NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 171100000X
An acupuncturist is a person who performs ancient therapy for alleviation of pain, anesthesia and treatment of some diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points in order to treat painful conditions or produce anesthesia.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20040526001379
OH
5496736399
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Meridian Healthcare
527 N Meridian Rd, Youngstown, OH 445091227
Phone: 3307970070
Secondary Practice Locations
320 High St Ne
Warren, OH 444811222
Phone: 3307970070
550 W Chalmers Ave
Youngstown, OH 445111576
Phone: 3307970070
8255 South Ave
Youngstown, OH 445126483
Phone: 3307970070
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Chiropractor
Doctor of Chiropractic, ACUP
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Recorded as MICHAEL CAFARO, DC, ACUP
Recorded as MICHAEL CAFARO, DC/ACUP
Acupuncturist (license number reported to NPPES: OH ACUP-00214)
Registered at 527 N MERIDIAN RD, YOUNGSTOWN, OH 445091227 (Tel: 3307970070)
Registered at 527 N MERIDIAN RD, YOUNGSTOWN, OH 445091227 (Tel: 3307970070)
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: OH DC.03486)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 3971 MAIN ST, SUITE #4, MINERAL RIDGE, OH 444409749 (Tel: 3306526453)
Registered at 3971 MAIN ST, SUITE #4, MINERAL RIDGE, OH 444409749 (Tel: 3306526453)
Recorded as MICHAEL CAFARO, D.C.
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: OH 3486)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Chiropractors in Youngstown
- Dr. Jeremy Dotson, DC, ACUP
- Dr. Scott Petrallo, DC
- Dr. David Storey, DC
- Dr. Gregory Haylett, DC
- Dr. Jonathan Braatz, DC
Mailing Address
527 N Meridian Rd
Youngstown, OH 445091227
Phone: 3307970070