Kara Kaestel, PA
Physician Assistant · Albany, NY
Kara Kaestel, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Albany, New York, and NPI 1679208292, issued on Jul 18, 2022. Check the license (New York 028402, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Kaestel
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 028402 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1375 Washington Ave Ste 101, Albany, NY 12206
- Phone
- (518) 438-4483
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2022
- Record last updated
- Nov 6, 2025
- Fax
- (518) 482-4201
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220920000675); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Kaestel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 028402Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $24.20
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Gastrointestinal Care OF Long Island PLLCAlbany, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Kaestel among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York
Kara Kaestel, PA is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 71% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
360 physician assistant records list a practice address in Albany
They are 360 of the 8,230 NPPES records with a practice address in Albany, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Kara Kaestel, PA's NPI number?
Kara Kaestel, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679208292, issued on Jul 18, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Kaestel, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1375 Washington Ave Ste 101, Albany, NY, 12206. Phone: (518) 438-4483. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Kaestel, PA's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 028402, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.