Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Cary, NC
Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Cary, North Carolina, and NPI 1417979303, issued on Jul 23, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9701434, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jennifer Kern Pennell
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 9701434 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1020 Southhill Dr, Cary, NC 27513
- Phone
- (919) 678-0008
- Enumerated
- Jul 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 678-0014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jennifer Kern Pennell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9701434Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
631 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam91 claims
- Alprazolam64 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate42 claims
- Risperidone35 claims
- Trazodone Hcl31 claims
- Lurasidone Hcl27 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.
Jennifer Kern Pennell among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D. is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 69% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 43% of these records are
- Record last updated2015 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
52 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Cary
They are 52 of the 5,665 NPPES records with a practice address in Cary, and 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417979303, issued on Jul 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1020 Southhill Dr, Cary, NC, 27513. Phone: (919) 678-0008. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9701434, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jennifer Kern Pennell, M.D. had 631 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.