Kara O. Fess, MD
Family Medicine Physician · La Salle, IL
Kara O. Fess, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in La Salle, Illinois, and NPI 1700843950, issued on Apr 28, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036106137, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara O. Fess
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 036106137 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2970 Chartres St, La Salle, IL 61301
- Phone
- (815) 223-0196
- Enumerated
- Apr 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 3, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050117000129); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2970 Chartres St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jamie Bond, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1679024111
- Mary Bradish, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1750315594
- Ginger BrainardClinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist1871842450
- Maryfrances Crist, APNNurse Practitioner1821078395
- Michal Goldstein, MSWClinical Social Worker1023056421
- Juliann Kersten, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1568414076
Verify Kara O. Fess in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036106137Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,814 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims. 56 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium281 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium209 claims
- Lisinopril163 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate126 claims
- Metformin Hcl118 claims
- Losartan Potassium94 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: $70.88
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. 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
- Mendota Community HospitalPeru, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
3 family medicine physician records list a practice address in La Salle
They are 3 of the 109 NPPES records with a practice address in La Salle, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
All 3 in La Salle → All 6,215 in Illinois → Every provider in La Salle →
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Common questions
What is Kara O. Fess, MD's NPI number?
Kara O. Fess, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700843950, issued on Apr 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara O. Fess, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2970 Chartres St, La Salle, IL, 61301. Phone: (815) 223-0196. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara O. Fess, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036106137, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kara O. Fess, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara O. Fess, MD had 3,814 Medicare Part D claims for 220 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.