Dr. Kara E. Chidester, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,704
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 122
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,463
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Industry payments
- $869
- Practice address
- 655 Africa Rd, Westerville, OH 43082
- Practice phone
- Call (614) 326-2672
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians
Westerville, Ohio
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Dr. Kara E. Chidester is a family medicine physician in Westerville, Ohio
Dr. Chidester practices at Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians in Westerville, Ohio.
Dr. Chidester's NPI, 1124172606, was assigned on January 22, 2007. Dr. Chidester graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Chidester holds Ohio license 35-087266.
- NPI
- 1124172606NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8527159870
- NPI enumeration date
- January 22, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (614) 326-2672
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 48
- Medical school graduation
- 2004
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kara E. Chidester practices at Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians in Westerville, Ohio
Dr. Chidester's primary practice is Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, at 655 Africa Rd, Westerville, OH 43082 in Delaware County. The practice phone is (614) 326-2672.
- Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians655 Africa Rd, Westerville, OH 43082 · Delaware CountyPhone(614) 326-2672
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Kara E. Chidester is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Chidester's primary practice is Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians in Westerville, Ohio. Dr. Chidester is also affiliated with OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is Central Ohio Primary Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chidester to 3 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kara E. Chidester's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chidester practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians | Available with a free account |
| +5 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kara E. Chidester is one of 4,955 family medicine physicians in Ohio
Family medicine is Dr. Chidester's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Chidester is board certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Chidester is licensed in Ohio.
Specialties and state licenses
- Family medicine, OhioPrimary
Family medicine physicians near Dr. Chidester
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kara E. Chidester billed Medicare for 1,704 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,704 Medicare services from Dr. Chidester across 26 procedure codes in 2024, for 122 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $63,014 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Chidester's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 6762024: 7389%
- Other services
- 2023: 1692024: 31184%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2102024: 25823%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1822024: 20814%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1152024: 18964%
- Imaging
- 2023: 142024: 0100%
Dr. Chidester compared with the Ohio median for family medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Chidester
- Ohio median
- Medicare services
- 1,704vs 4014.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 122vs 15119% below
- Part D claims
- 2,037vs 1,32354% above
Medians across 5,096 family medicine physicians in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Chidester's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kara E. Chidester treated 122 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 122 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chidester in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 83 patients. 61% of them have high blood pressure, and 59% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chidester's median patient age at 49, with 74% women.
Dr. Chidester's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Chidester's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women9275%
- Men3025%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Chidester's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure61%
- High cholesterol59%
- Arthritis37%
- Mood disorders27%
- Depression26%
- Chronic kidney disease25%
- Osteoporosis20%
- Ischemic heart disease18%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Chidester's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 49
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women74%
- Men25%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kara E. Chidester wrote 2,463 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Chidester wrote 2,463 Medicare Part D claims for 216 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,037 of them, across 52 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $164,956 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,702 claims across 46 drugs.
Dr. Chidester's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,117 claims86%
- Brand-name333 claims14%
- Other13 claims1%
Dr. Chidester's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Chidester's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics3%67 of 2,463 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,7022024: 2,03720%
Drugs named by CMS: 52 in 2024, 46 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
How Dr. Kara E. Chidester takes part in Medicare
Dr. Chidester accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Kara E. Chidester received $869 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 28 general payments to Dr. Chidester from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $270.
General payments to Dr. Chidester by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Chidester by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$82495%
- Education$445%
Companies that paid Dr. Chidester the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Kara E. Chidester graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine
Dr. Chidester graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2004.
- Medical school
- Board certified in family medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Kara E. Chidester's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Kara E. Chidester's NPI number?
Dr. Kara E. Chidester's NPI number is 1124172606. It was assigned on January 22, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kara E. Chidester?
Dr. Kara E. Chidester is a family medicine physician in Westerville, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).
Where does Dr. Kara E. Chidester practice?
Dr. Chidester practices at 655 Africa Rd, Westerville, OH 43082. Dr. Chidester's primary practice is Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians in Westerville, Ohio. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chidester to 3 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Kara E. Chidester's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Chidester is (614) 326-2672.
What is Dr. Kara E. Chidester's medical license number?
Dr. Chidester holds Ohio license 35-087266.
Which hospitals is Dr. Kara E. Chidester affiliated with?
Dr. Chidester is affiliated with OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Chidester to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Kara E. Chidester part of?
Dr. Chidester is linked to Central Ohio Primary Care.
Does Dr. Kara E. Chidester accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chidester billed Medicare for 1,704 services in 2024, and Dr. Chidester accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kara E. Chidester see?
CMS counts 122 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chidester in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Dr. Kara E. Chidester board certified?
Yes. Dr. Chidester is board certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.
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What services does Dr. Kara E. Chidester bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Chidester's most billed Medicare services were surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415), office visit, established patient (99214) and lab and pathology test (80053).
Where did Dr. Kara E. Chidester go to medical school?
Dr. Chidester graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2004.
What drugs does Dr. Kara E. Chidester prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chidester's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Kara E. Chidester received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $869 in general payments to Dr. Chidester from 15 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.
How long has Dr. Kara E. Chidester been practicing?
Dr. Chidester graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.
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