Fares Khater, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Whitesburg, KY
Fares Khater, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Whitesburg, Kentucky, and NPI 1992732101, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 37623, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Fares Khater
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 37623 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 226 Medical Plaza Lane, Whitesburg, KY 41858
- Phone
- (606) 633-4871
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 4, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (606) 633-0883
- Medicaid ID
- 64063241 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040315001448); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Fares Khater in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 37623Check 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, 97% of the cost of the top drugs
4,114 Medicare Part D claims for 696 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 26% of claims. 23 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.
- Shingrix241 claims
- Arexvy221 claims
- Lisinopril120 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium105 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium99 claims
- Famotidine97 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $86,646.71
128 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. 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 one group practice
- Mountain Comprehensive Health CorporationWhitesburg, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Fares Khater among 1,526 internal medicine physician records in Kentucky
Fares Khater, MD is one of 1,526 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2006 among the 1,025 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 56% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Whitesburg
They are 13 of the 178 NPPES records with a practice address in Whitesburg, and 1,526 internal medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Fares Khater, MD's NPI number?
Fares Khater, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992732101, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Fares Khater, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 226 Medical Plaza Lane, Whitesburg, KY, 41858. Phone: (606) 633-4871. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Fares Khater, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 37623, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Fares Khater, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Fares Khater, MD had 4,114 Medicare Part D claims for 696 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.