Emma Kester, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Salina, KS
Emma Kester, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Salina, Kansas, and NPI 1568084432, issued on May 13, 2020. Check the license (Kansas 04-48264, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Emma Kester
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 04-48264 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 737 E Crawford St, Salina, KS 67401
- Phone
- (785) 827-7261
- Enumerated
- May 13, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Fax
- (785) 833-5702
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230726000372); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Emma Kester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 04-48264Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Most of these Medicare Part D claims are vaccines, 70% of the cost of the top drugs
4,857 Medicare Part D claims for 347 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 168 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
Pharmacies often give vaccines under a standing order that names one clinician, and CMS counts every such claim under that clinician's NPI. These claims are therefore not a measure of this clinician's own prescribing.
- Atorvastatin Calcium302 claims
- Losartan Potassium234 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium233 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate187 claims
- Potassium Chloride146 claims
- Gabapentin134 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,236.66
77 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Mowery Clinic LLCSalina, KS
- Select Rehabilitation, LLCGlenview, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Emma Kester among 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas
Emma Kester, MD is one of 1,970 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2006 among the 1,164 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
72 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Salina
They are 72 of the 1,129 NPPES records with a practice address in Salina, and 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Emma Kester, MD's NPI number?
Emma Kester, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568084432, issued on May 13, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Emma Kester, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 737 E Crawford St, Salina, KS, 67401. Phone: (785) 827-7261. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Emma Kester, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-48264, 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 Emma Kester, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Emma Kester, MD had 4,857 Medicare Part D claims for 347 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Emma Kester, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.