Kara Marie Velez, LAC
Acupuncturist · San Diego, CA
Kara Marie Velez, LAC is an acupuncturist with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1356834709, issued on Jun 11, 2018. Check the license (California 18131, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Kara Marie Velez
- Credential
- LAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Acupuncturist 171100000X
- License number
- 18131 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16776 Bernardo Center Dr Ste 211, San Diego, CA 92128
- Phone
- (619) 995-0966
- Enumerated
- Jun 11, 2018
- Record last updated
- Mar 10, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 431-2257
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Marie Velez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 18131Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Kara Marie Velez among 10,648 acupuncturist records in California
Kara Marie Velez, LAC is one of 10,648 acupuncturist records with a practice address in California. under 1% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 75% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 171100000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
667 acupuncturist records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 667 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 10,648 acupuncturist records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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Common questions
What is Kara Marie Velez, LAC's NPI number?
Kara Marie Velez, LAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356834709, issued on Jun 11, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Marie Velez, LAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16776 Bernardo Center Dr Ste 211, San Diego, CA, 92128. Phone: (619) 995-0966. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Marie Velez, LAC's license?
NPPES lists California license number 18131, 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. 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.