Kara Jihea Choi, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Lafayette, CO
Kara Jihea Choi, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lafayette, Colorado, and NPI 1619136017, issued on Jun 2, 2008. Check the license (Colorado DR.0067824, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Jihea Choi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- DR.0067824 CO
MD040308 DC
260889 MA
MT192347 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 W South Boulder RD Ste 110, Lafayette, CO 80026
- Phone
- (303) 415-4355
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2008
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2022
- Fax
- (303) 666-1982
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220616001681); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 2008
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1000 W South Boulder RD Ste 110
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kara Jihea Choi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0067824Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,567 Medicare Part D claims for 338 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. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium146 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium141 claims
- Lisinopril122 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium108 claims
- Gabapentin72 claims
- Losartan Potassium72 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: $16.74
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Boulder Community HealthLafayette, CO · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
- Legacy Healthcare Services IncDenver, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Kara Jihea Choi among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Kara Jihea Choi, MD is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 58% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2008 among the 2,077 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 58% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
57 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lafayette
They are 57 of the 1,905 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Kara Jihea Choi, MD's NPI number?
Kara Jihea Choi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619136017, issued on Jun 2, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Jihea Choi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 W South Boulder RD Ste 110, Lafayette, CO, 80026. Phone: (303) 415-4355. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Jihea Choi, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0067824, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kara Jihea Choi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Jihea Choi, MD had 2,567 Medicare Part D claims for 338 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.