Kara Smith, PA
Physician Assistant · Indio, CA
Kara Smith, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Indio, California, and NPI 1427575109, issued on Aug 24, 2017. Check the license (California 54734, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Smith
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 54734 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 81719 Dr Carreon Blvd Ste A, Indio, CA 92201
- Phone
- (760) 347-0707
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (760) 347-3378
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 81719 Dr Carreon Blvd Ste A
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Verify Kara Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 54734Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
616 Medicare Part D claims for 395 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Gavilyte-G151 claims
- Peg-3350 And Electrolytes91 claims
- Linzess55 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium54 claims
- Omeprazole45 claims
- Famotidine40 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: $217.61
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. 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 Smith among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Kara Smith, PA 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 2017, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 47% of these records are older, 48% 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).
14 physician assistant records list a practice address in Indio
They are 14 of the 1,593 NPPES records with a practice address in Indio, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Kara Smith, PA's NPI number?
Kara Smith, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427575109, issued on Aug 24, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Smith, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 81719 Dr Carreon Blvd Ste A, Indio, CA, 92201. Phone: (760) 347-0707. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Smith, PA's license?
NPPES lists California license number 54734, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Smith, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Smith, PA had 616 Medicare Part D claims for 395 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.