Kara Kern, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Conroe, TX
Kara Kern, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Conroe, Texas, and NPI 1811984321, issued on Sep 29, 2005. Check the license (Texas L4018, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Kern
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- L4018 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 Riverwood CT, Conroe, TX 77304
- Phone
- (936) 760-4454
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (936) 760-4415
- Medicaid ID
- 156929501 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040505000428); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 1999
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 800 Riverwood CT
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Verify Kara Kern in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L4018Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,858 Medicare Part D claims for 570 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 288 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium420 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium375 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate351 claims
- Lisinopril275 claims
- Losartan Potassium252 claims
- Gabapentin219 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: $761.13
37 payments; by number, the most common kind was 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Family Healthcare Affiliates PLLCConroe, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Kern among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Kara Kern, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
96 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Conroe
They are 96 of the 2,448 NPPES records with a practice address in Conroe, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Kara Kern, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kara Kern, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811984321, issued on Sep 29, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Kern, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 Riverwood CT, Conroe, TX, 77304. Phone: (936) 760-4454. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Kern, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L4018, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kara Kern, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Kern, M.D. had 7,858 Medicare Part D claims for 570 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.