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Karen Ann Fong, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1851396816

Karen Ann Fong, MD practises Pediatric Medicine in San Luis Obispo, California. Graduated from University of California, Geffen School of Medicine in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices as a sole proprietor and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
37
Trained at
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

184 Casa St
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-1804
Phone: (805) 242-4455
Fax: (805) 542-9589
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Specialties & licences

Internal Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence G70251 (CA)
Pediatrics Physician Taxonomy 208000000X · Licence G070251 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1851396816
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJune 16, 2005
Last updated in NPPESNovember 22, 2019

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPEDIATRIC MEDICINE
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients202
Services billed 1,137 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 $162 6 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.

  • Central Coast Home Health Inc Home health agency · San Luis Obispo, CA · listed as Central Coast Home Health, Inc
  • Dignity Health Home Health Home health agency · Santa Maria, CA · listed as Dignity Health
  • Adventist Health Sierra Vista Hospital · San Luis Obispo, CA
  • French Hospital Medical Center Hospital · San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Marian Regional Medical Center Hospital · Santa Maria, CA
  • Mission Home Health Of Central Coast Home health agency · Grover Beach, CA

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