NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kevin K. Kato, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Kahului, HI

Kevin K. Kato, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kahului, Hawaii, and NPI 1649238114, issued on May 3, 2006. Check the license (Hawaii 12788, as entered in NPPES) on the Hawaii Medical Board; 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
1649238114
Name
Kevin K. Kato
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
12788 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
169 Maa St, Kahului, HI 96732
Phone
(808) 877-2020
Enumerated
May 3, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 12, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(808) 877-6060
Medicaid ID
549032 HI
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040423001234); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Hawaii John A. Burns School Of Medicine, 1998
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 169 Maa St

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

  1. Bich-Ha Kato, DOFamily Medicine Physician1225153083
  2. Hillary Runner, LMTMassage Therapist1811356561

Verify Kevin K. Kato in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersHawaii Medical Board
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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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91% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

6,075 Medicare Part D claims for 447 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 85 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kevin Kato6,075
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium488 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate397 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium386 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium312 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl Er216 claims
  6. Jardiance187 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: $147.47

8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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.

  1. Kevin Kato$147.47
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Kevin K Kato MD IncKahului, HI

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

Kevin K. Kato among 902 internal medicine physician records in Hawaii

Kevin K. Kato, M.D. is one of 902 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Hawaii. 71% 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, 55% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2001 among the 491 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 63% 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 Hawaii practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Internal Medicine Physician providers in Hawaii

There are 902 internal medicine physician records in Hawaii.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Abdiel Angeles, M.D.Kahului, HI 967321295892081
  2. Reginald Buesa, MDKahului, HI 967321295787216
  3. Ryan Fusato, M.D.Kahului, HI 967321578580296
  4. Derek Illastron, MDKahului, HI 967321790949956
  5. Gerard Livaudais, MDKahului, HI 967321376626283
  6. Jason Hughes, DOKahuku, HI 967311114194073
  7. Sally Chang, M.D.Kailua, HI 967341528041621
  8. Helen Ing, M.D.Kailua, HI 967341346290947

Common questions

What is Kevin K. Kato, M.D.'s NPI number?

Kevin K. Kato, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649238114, issued on May 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kevin K. Kato, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 169 Maa St, Kahului, HI, 96732. Phone: (808) 877-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kevin K. Kato, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Hawaii license number 12788, as entered by the provider. Search the Hawaii Medical Board at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Kevin K. Kato, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kevin K. Kato, M.D. had 6,075 Medicare Part D claims for 447 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.