NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA

Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1649351842, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (California 20A7403, 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 2023 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1649351842
Name
Kenneth S. Whitlow
Credential
D.O.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
20A7403 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7850 White LN, Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone
(661) 619-8191
Enumerated
Oct 17, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 27, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(661) 348-4208
Medicaid ID
010085331 541581185 VA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090106000108); accepts Medicare assignment
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 7850 White LN

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

  1. Holly Compton, DPTPhysical Therapist1568841229

Verify Kenneth S. Whitlow 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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No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Kern County Hospital AuthorityBakersfield, CA

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

Kenneth S. Whitlow among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O. is one of 7,751 emergency 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

116 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield

They are 116 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Barnes, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933091467545467
  2. Brian Cullison, MDBakersfield, CA 933091952357097
  3. Thomas Gable, DOBakersfield, CA 933091558363903
  4. Adriana Horner, MDBakersfield, CA 933091356838635
  5. William Franklin, D.O.Bakersfield, CA 933081497702492
  6. Raffi Kartalian, MDBakersfield, CA 933081831107044
  7. Galen Baker, D.O.Bakersfield, CA 933111497910632
  8. Pushpa Bisarya, MDBakersfield, CA 933071245218924

Common questions

What is Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O.'s NPI number?

Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649351842, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7850 White LN, Bakersfield, CA, 93309. Phone: (661) 619-8191. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 20A7403, 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.

What is Kenneth S. Whitlow, D.O.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.