John Kerns, D.O.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Zanesville, OH
John Kerns, D.O. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Zanesville, Ohio, and NPI 1760598965, issued on Aug 21, 2006. Check the license (Ohio 34004653, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Kerns
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 34004653 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 915 Putnam Ave, Zanesville, OH 43701
- Phone
- (740) 891-9000
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050906000580); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- R Franklin University Of Med & Sci/Chicago Medical School, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John Kerns in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 34004653Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
623 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin132 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone97 claims
- Pregabalin38 claims
- Buprenorphine Hcl20 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa19 claims
- Prednisone19 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: $47.23
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Braeburn Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Muskingum Valley Health CentersMalta, OH
- Spero Health OF Ohio, LLCZanesville, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Kerns among 3,002 emergency medicine physician records in Ohio
John Kerns, D.O. is one of 3,002 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 82% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2013 among the 1,720 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Zanesville
They are 18 of the 1,664 NPPES records with a practice address in Zanesville, and 3,002 emergency medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is John Kerns, D.O.'s NPI number?
John Kerns, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760598965, issued on Aug 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Kerns, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 915 Putnam Ave, Zanesville, OH, 43701. Phone: (740) 891-9000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Kerns, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 34004653, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Kerns, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Kerns, D.O. had 623 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.