Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Kansas City, KS
Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1336677467, issued on Jun 2, 2017. Check the license (Kansas 94-09148, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Debra Kay Altenhofen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 94-09148 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3901 Rainbow Blvd # MS 2027, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 588-3974
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (913) 588-6055
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200923002748); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Debra Kay Altenhofen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 94-09148Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
30% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,219 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium138 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium135 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium127 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate110 claims
- Lisinopril78 claims
- Gabapentin72 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $13.39
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Jayhawk Primary Care IncOlathe, KS
- Kansas University Physicians IncKansas City, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Debra Kay Altenhofen among 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas
Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD is one of 1,010 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 66% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2008 among the 568 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
278 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Kansas City
They are 278 of the 4,522 NPPES records with a practice address in Kansas City, and 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD's NPI number?
Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336677467, issued on Jun 2, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3901 Rainbow Blvd # MS 2027, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 588-3974. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 94-09148, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD had 2,219 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Debra Kay Altenhofen, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.