Medicare Enrolled
Dr. Douglas Kast, D.O.
Internal Medicine · Hudson, OH
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology
— Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating.
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What this data tells you about Dr. Kast
Dr. Douglas Kast is an internal medicine specialist in Hudson, OH, with 17 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Kast performed 713 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Kast received a total of $15,200 from 69 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 984 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Kast is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
✓ 17 years of NPI registration
▲ Top 40% volume in OH
$15,200 industry payments
Medicare Practice Summary — 2023
Medicare Utilization ↗713
Medicare services
Top 40% in OH for internal medicine
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$62
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →
Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition. |
244 | $62 | $234 |
| Nursing facility visit, moderate complexity A follow-up visit by a healthcare provider at a nursing facility for an established patient. The visit involves moderate medical decision making and takes at least 30 minutes. |
140 | $79 | $187 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) A blood test that measures your average blood sugar levels over the past two to three months. |
80 | $10 | $26 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up A follow-up annual wellness visit that includes a personalized prevention plan of service. |
72 | $65 | $238 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) An office or outpatient visit for an existing patient lasting between 40 and 54 minutes. This level of service is determined by the total time spent on the date of the encounter. |
45 | $77 | $328 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition. |
31 | $52 | $165 |
| Initial nursing facility care, high complexity An initial visit by a healthcare provider to a patient in a nursing facility involving a high level of medical decision making, lasting at least 45 minutes. |
29 | $137 | $321 |
| Flu vaccine administration This procedure involves the administration of the influenza virus vaccine. It covers the process of delivering the vaccine to the patient. |
23 | $29 | $48 |
| Flu vaccine, quadrivalent A flu shot containing four strains of the influenza virus to help prevent seasonal influenza infection. |
20 | $76 | $144 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min A session focused on discussing and documenting future healthcare preferences and goals. This service covers the initial 30 minutes of the planning discussion. |
16 | $22 | $155 |
| Nursing facility discharge management, more than 30 minutes This service involves care coordination and management activities performed by a healthcare professional to prepare a patient for discharge from a nursing facility. It requires more than 30 minutes of time spent on these activities. |
13 | $101 | $232 |
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗$15,200
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $2,171/year across 7 years
Top 6% in OH for internal medicine
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
69
Companies
984
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →
Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
2024
$2,239
2023
$2,424
2022
$3,117
2021
$2,111
2020
$1,481
2019
$1,996
2018
$1,832
Payments by company (2024)
ABBVIE INC.
$406
PFIZER INC.
$301
Lilly USA, LLC
$247
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$186
Novo Nordisk Inc
$180
Corcept Therapeutics
$142
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$82
Exact Sciences Corporation
$76
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$63
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$58
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$57
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$54
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$41
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
$40
Abbott Laboratories
$38
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$35
Lundbeck LLC
$34
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$29
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$28
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
$22
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
$22
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$21
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$19
Corium, LLC
$16
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
$16
Radius Health, Inc.
$14
RGH Enterprises LLC
$14
Top 3 companies account for 42.6% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$1,703
Novo Nordisk Inc
$1,480
ABBVIE INC.
$1,346
PFIZER INC.
$1,258
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$1,060
Lilly USA, LLC
$950
Amgen Inc.
$698
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$678
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$462
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$453
AbbVie Inc.
$342
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
$332
Amarin Pharma Inc.
$305
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation
$242
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$239
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$193
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
$192
Shire North American Group Inc
$173
Allergan Inc.
$159
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
$154
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$150
Exact Sciences Corporation
$149
Corcept Therapeutics
$142
Abbott Laboratories
$133
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$130
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$128
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$126
Integra LifeSciences Corporation
$122
Genentech USA, Inc.
$114
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$112
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$98
Dexcom, Inc.
$94
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$77
AbbVie, Inc.
$73
Nevro Corp.
$71
Eisai Inc.
$68
Circassia Pharmaceuticals Inc
$65
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
$60
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC
$58
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$56
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC
$50
Lundbeck LLC
$49
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$49
Allergan, Inc.
$47
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
$42
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
$40
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$37
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
$34
SANOFI PASTEUR INC.
$30
Radius Health, Inc.
$29
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
$28
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$28
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
$24
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
$23
Mylan Specialty L.P.
$22
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
$22
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
$20
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$19
Horizon Therapeutics plc
$18
IBSA Pharma Inc.
$18
Dynavax Technologies Corporation
$17
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$16
Corium, LLC
$16
Evoke Pharma, Inc.
$14
ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
$14
RGH Enterprises LLC
$14
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$12
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
$12
Bausch Health US, LLC
$12
Top 3 companies account for 29.8% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
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Geographic Context
Internal medicine physicians in nearby ZIP areas
1,164
County median income
$71,016
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
ASSURANCE HEALTH HUDSON LLC
4.9 mi
4.9 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | NPPES snapshot; verify current record |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | PECOS snapshot |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not included | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Kast is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 17 years of NPI registration.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dr. Kast experienced with office visit, established patient (30-39 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Kast performed 244 office visit, established patient (30-39 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Kast receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Kast received a total of $15,200 from 69 companies across 984 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Kast's costs compare to other internal medicine physicians in Hudson?
Dr. Kast's average Medicare payment per service is $62. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Kast) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
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This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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