Katherine Ernst Frank, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Athens, OH
Katherine Ernst Frank, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Athens, Ohio, and NPI 1285096453, issued on Mar 25, 2016. Check the license (Ohio 35.133174, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katherine Ernst Frank
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 35.133174 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2131 E State St, Athens, OH 45701
- Phone
- (855) 446-5937
- Enumerated
- Mar 25, 2016
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Fax
- (740) 589-3127
- Medicaid ID
- 0413737 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200818003672); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katherine Ernst Frank in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35.133174Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,993 Medicare Part D claims for 281 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 23 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium224 claims
- Gabapentin113 claims
- Losartan Potassium109 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate108 claims
- Omeprazole101 claims
- Lisinopril95 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: $18.35
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Holzer Clinic LLCAthens, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katherine Ernst Frank among 5,277 internal medicine physician records in Ohio
Katherine Ernst Frank, MD is one of 5,277 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 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 2016, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 73% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2006 among the 3,414 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207R00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Athens
They are 16 of the 2,613 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 5,277 internal medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Katherine Ernst Frank, MD's NPI number?
Katherine Ernst Frank, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285096453, issued on Mar 25, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katherine Ernst Frank, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2131 E State St, Athens, OH, 45701. Phone: (855) 446-5937. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katherine Ernst Frank, MD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35.133174, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Katherine Ernst Frank, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katherine Ernst Frank, MD had 2,993 Medicare Part D claims for 281 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.