NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kari Mathison, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Santa Barbara, CA

Kari Mathison, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1124124276, issued on Sep 16, 2006. Check the license (California G84919, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1124124276
Name
Kari Mathison
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
G84919 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1919 State St Ste 307, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone
(805) 563-6120
Enumerated
Sep 16, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 24, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
00G849190 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101105000643); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 1993
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1919 State St Ste 307

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ambareen Ahmed, DOFamily Medicine Physician1720641079

Verify Kari Mathison in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

3,372 Medicare Part D claims for 483 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 28 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kari Mathison3,372
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium357 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate238 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium232 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium207 claims
  5. Levothyroxine Sodium173 claims
  6. Metoprolol Succinate149 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Sansum ClinicSanta Barbara, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kari Mathison among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Kari Mathison, M.D. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

90 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Barbara

They are 90 of the 5,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Barbara, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ambareen Ahmed, DOSanta Barbara, CA 931011720641079
  2. Polly Baldwin, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931011336150069
  3. Julian Becher, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011982050704
  4. Juliana Bennison, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931011679951396
  5. Adam Buhalog, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931011851708887
  6. Melody Fulton, DOSanta Barbara, CA 931011679153704
  7. Scott Kozak, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011164443784
  8. John Kunz, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011649376351

Common questions

What is Kari Mathison, M.D.'s NPI number?

Kari Mathison, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124124276, issued on Sep 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kari Mathison, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1919 State St Ste 307, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Phone: (805) 563-6120. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kari Mathison, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number G84919, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Kari Mathison, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kari Mathison, M.D. had 3,372 Medicare Part D claims for 483 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.