Kara E. Chidester, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Columbus, OH
Kara E. Chidester, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Ohio, and NPI 1124172606, issued on Jan 22, 2007. Check the license (Ohio 35-087266, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara E. Chidester
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 35-087266 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1975 Guilford RD, Columbus, OH 43221
- Phone
- (614) 869-0139
- Enumerated
- Jan 22, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 26, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (614) 869-0140
- Medicaid ID
- 2750590 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070801000402); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University College Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara E. Chidester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35-087266Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,463 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium198 claims
- Lisinopril138 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate124 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium116 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide97 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium91 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: $29.69
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. 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 one group practice
- Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, Inc.Columbus, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
424 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
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Common questions
What is Kara E. Chidester, MD's NPI number?
Kara E. Chidester, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124172606, issued on Jan 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara E. Chidester, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1975 Guilford RD, Columbus, OH, 43221. Phone: (614) 869-0139. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara E. Chidester, MD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35-087266, 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 Kara E. Chidester, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara E. Chidester, MD had 2,463 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.