Kristen Merrily Gehring
Physician Assistant · Salem, OR
Kristen Merrily Gehring is a physician assistant with a practice address in Salem, Oregon, and NPI 1639294671, issued on Mar 20, 2007. Check the license (Oregon LL16640, as entered in NPPES) with the Oregon board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kristen Merrily Gehring
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- LL16640 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 700 Bellevue St SE Ste 290, Salem, OR 97301
- Phone
- (503) 399-8105
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 15, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140515002093); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kristen Merrily Gehring in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Oregon board licenses this profession
Search for license LL16640Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
1,910 Medicare Part D claims for 422 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium354 claims
- Lantus Solostar99 claims
- Ozempic84 claims
- Alendronate Sodium80 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er75 claims
- Methimazole53 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $16.22
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Providence Health And Services OregonPortland, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kristen Merrily Gehring among 2,094 physician assistant records in Oregon
Kristen Merrily Gehring is one of 2,094 physician assistant records with a practice address in Oregon. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 16% of these records are older, 78% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2017 among the 1,552 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
128 physician assistant records list a practice address in Salem
They are 128 of the 6,700 NPPES records with a practice address in Salem, and 2,094 physician assistant records in Oregon.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Julie AllstotSalem, OR 973011851522858
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- Randy Cote, PA-CSalem, OR 973011285898320
- Teresa George, PASalem, OR 973011942475918
- Eric Harmon, PASalem, OR 973011972778934
- Angila Johnson, P.A.Salem, OR 973011649473349
- Michelle Lewis, PA-CSalem, OR 973011376843417
- Sandra OvesonSalem, OR 973011083862700
Common questions
What is Kristen Merrily Gehring's NPI number?
Kristen Merrily Gehring's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639294671, issued on Mar 20, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kristen Merrily Gehring located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 700 Bellevue St SE Ste 290, Salem, OR, 97301. Phone: (503) 399-8105. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kristen Merrily Gehring's license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number LL16640, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kristen Merrily Gehring prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kristen Merrily Gehring had 1,910 Medicare Part D claims for 422 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kristen Merrily Gehring's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.