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Debra J Kester, PA-C

Individual provider Physician Assistant · NPI 1477673747

Debra J Kester, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in Herrin, Illinois. Qualified in 2001, 25 years ago. Practices with Southern Illinois Medical Services Nfp, a 332-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
25
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2007
What do these letters mean?
PA-C — Physician Assistant, Certified
A physician assistant who holds current national certification.

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Practice location Address checks out

315 S 13th St Ste 2
Herrin, IL 62948-3666
Phone: (618) 942-5883
Fax: (618) 942-5921
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 405 Rushing Dr, Herrin, IL 62948-3730 — (618) 993-3300

Specialties & licences

Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363A00000X · Licence 085001727 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1477673747
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 30, 2007
Last updated in NPPESAugust 26, 2024
Certification dateAugust 26, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2001 (25 years in practice)
Group practice Southern Illinois Medical Services Nfp — 332 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients265
Services billed 1,163 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $774 36 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Southern Illinois Medical Services Nfp

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 332 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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