Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS
Physician Assistant · Encinitas, CA
Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS is a physician assistant with a practice address in Encinitas, California, and NPI 1679921217, issued on May 24, 2016. Check the license (California 53410, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Hope Pennington
- Credential
- PA-C, MMS
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 53410 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 320 Santa FE Dr Ste 207, Encinitas, CA 92024
- Phone
- (502) 262-7669
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2016
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Hope Pennington in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 53410Check 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: $25.09
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
Kara Hope Pennington among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 44% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 40% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
53 physician assistant records list a practice address in Encinitas
They are 53 of the 1,874 NPPES records with a practice address in Encinitas, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
All 14,451 in California → Every provider in Encinitas → Physician Assistant nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS's NPI number?
Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679921217, issued on May 24, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 320 Santa FE Dr Ste 207, Encinitas, CA, 92024. Phone: (502) 262-7669. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Hope Pennington, PA-C, MMS's license?
NPPES lists California license number 53410, as entered by the provider. Search the California 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.