Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano, DO
- Medicare services, 2024
- 71
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 76
- Part D claims, 2024
- 93
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $14,359
- Practice address
- 141 S Westmeadow Dr, Cleburne, TX 76033
- Practice phone
- Call (817) 645-2122
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Kari G Frano DO PA
Cleburne, Texas
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Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano is a general surgeon in Cleburne, Texas
Dr. Frano practices at Kari G Frano DO PA in Cleburne, Texas.
Dr. Frano's NPI, 1659405082, was assigned on March 15, 2007. Dr. Frano graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. Dr. Frano holds Texas license L9693.
- NPI
- 1659405082NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4880754811
- NPI enumeration date
- March 15, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (817) 645-2122
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 49
- Medical school graduation
- 2003
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano practices at Kari G Frano DO PA in Cleburne, Texas
Dr. Frano's primary practice is Kari G Frano DO PA, at 141 S Westmeadow Dr, Cleburne, TX 76033 in Johnson County. The practice phone is (817) 645-2122.
- Kari G Frano DO PA141 S Westmeadow Dr, Cleburne, TX 76033 · Johnson CountyPhone(817) 645-2122
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano is affiliated with 4 sites of care
Dr. Frano's primary practice is Kari G Frano DO PA in Cleburne, Texas. Dr. Frano is also affiliated with Texas Health Cleburne. Dmand AI also links Dr. Frano to 1 more hospital and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Frano practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Kari G Frano DO PA | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano is one of 1,939 general surgeons in Texas
Surgery is Dr. Frano's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Frano is board certified in surgery by the AOA Board of Surgery. Dr. Frano is licensed in Texas.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, TexasPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, bladder removal, colon removal, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery, mastectomy and removal of damaged skin or skin graft among the conditions Dr. Frano treats.
General surgeons near Dr. Frano
Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano billed Medicare for 71 services in 2024
CMS data shows 71 Medicare services from Dr. Frano across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 76 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,592 for them.
Dr. Frano's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 752024: 715%
- Surgery
- 2023: 122024: 0100%
Where Dr. Frano's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office3955%
- In a facility3245%
Dr. Frano compared with the Texas median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Frano
- Texas median
- Medicare services
- 71vs 11840% below
- Medicare patients
- 76vs 9722% below
- Part D claims
- 70vs 4267% above
Medians across 1,674 general surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Frano'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. Kari Grimsmo Frano treated 76 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 76 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Frano in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 32 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Frano's median patient age at 62, with 58% women.
Dr. Frano's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Frano's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3647%
- Men4053%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Frano's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis47%
- Chronic kidney disease43%
- Ischemic heart disease41%
- Diabetes39%
- COPD33%
- Anxiety29%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Frano's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 62
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women58%
- Men40%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano wrote 93 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Frano wrote 93 Medicare Part D claims for 67 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 70 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $498 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 116 claims across 3 drugs.
Dr. Frano'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. Frano's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids67%62 of 93 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: 1162024: 7040%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 3 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. Kari Grimsmo Frano takes part in Medicare
Dr. Frano accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano received $14,359 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 103 general payments to Dr. Frano from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 42% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $7,659.
General payments to Dr. Frano by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Frano by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Education$6,00042%
- Food and beverage$4,43331%
- Travel and lodging$3,92627%
Companies that paid Dr. Frano 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. Kari Grimsmo Frano graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Frano graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. Dr. Frano is a member of AOA.
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
- Board certified in 2004 - 2025
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano accepts plans from 21 insurance carriers
Dr. Frano is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Humana
- Alliant Health Plans
- +13 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Frano accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO13
- HMO12
- Medicare9
- POS6
- EPO4
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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 |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano's NPI number?
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano's NPI number is 1659405082. It was assigned on March 15, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano?
Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano is a general surgeon in Cleburne, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano practice?
Dr. Frano practices at 141 S Westmeadow Dr, Cleburne, TX 76033. Dr. Frano's primary practice is Kari G Frano DO PA in Cleburne, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Frano to 1 hospital and 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Frano is (817) 645-2122.
What is Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano's medical license number?
Dr. Frano holds Texas license L9693.
Which hospitals is Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano affiliated with?
Dr. Frano is affiliated with Texas Health Cleburne. Dmand AI links Dr. Frano to 1 more hospital.
Does Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Frano billed Medicare for 71 services in 2024, and Dr. Frano accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano see?
CMS counts 76 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Frano in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Is Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano board certified?
Yes. Dr. Frano is board certified in surgery by the AOA Board of Surgery.
What services does Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Frano's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99223), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99214).
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Where did Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano go to medical school?
Dr. Frano graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003.
What drugs does Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Frano's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Ondansetron ODT.
Has Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $14,359 in general payments to Dr. Frano from 27 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano been practicing?
Dr. Frano graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Kari Grimsmo Frano accept?
Dr. Frano is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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