Katherine Hemela, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Visalia, CA
Katherine Hemela, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Visalia, California, and NPI 1730354119, issued on Apr 25, 2008. Check the license (California A42074, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katherine Hemela
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A42074 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 520 E Tulare Ave, Visalia, CA 93292
- Phone
- (805) 553-9356
- Enumerated
- Apr 25, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2026
- Fax
- (805) 517-1231
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141201001942); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katherine Hemela in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A42074Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,651 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl113 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er91 claims
- Gabapentin74 claims
- Clonazepam70 claims
- Hydroxyzine Pamoate70 claims
- Prazosin Hcl65 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: $22.17
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- County OF TulareVisalia, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katherine Hemela among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Katherine Hemela, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 52% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1968 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
60 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Visalia
They are 60 of the 4,225 NPPES records with a practice address in Visalia, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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- David Kilgore, MDVisalia, CA 932921548369358
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- Lester Love, M.D.Visalia, CA 932921366687469
Common questions
What is Katherine Hemela, MD's NPI number?
Katherine Hemela, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730354119, issued on Apr 25, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katherine Hemela, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 520 E Tulare Ave, Visalia, CA, 93292. Phone: (805) 553-9356. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katherine Hemela, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A42074, 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 Katherine Hemela, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katherine Hemela, MD had 1,651 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.