Joseph Stephen Flax, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

Practice address

500 E Thorpe St
Lakin, KS 67860-9625

Phone

(620) 355-7111

NPI assigned

Jun 9, 2025

Last updated

Jun 9, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KS

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2025

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Kearny County HospitalGroup PAC ID 0244148864, 18 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Kearny County Hospital Hospital, Lakin, KS, CCN 171313
• St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City Hospital, Garden City, KS, CCN 170023

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir-myrecord.cerner.com/r4/554843c8-8d71-4199-8499-511dff49069d/

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Kearny County Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Lakin, KS
  • NPI 1821096322
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Kearny County Hospital

  • Health Service Clinic/Center
  • Lakin, KS
  • NPI 1447221569
  Medicare reassignment
• Kearny County Hospital

  dba Family Health Center

  • Health Service Clinic/Center
  • Deerfield, KS
  • NPI 1114282563
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Commonspirit Kansas, Inc.

  dba St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Garden City, KS
  • NPI 1659360196
  Care Compare affiliation
• Kearny County Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Lakin, KS
  • NPI 1821096322
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1749427200000",
    "number": "1225923535",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3800 POST RD",
            "city": "HAYS",
            "state": "KS",
            "postal_code": "676019804",
            "telephone_number": "785-342-5983"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "500 E THORPE ST",
            "city": "LAKIN",
            "state": "KS",
            "postal_code": "678609625",
            "telephone_number": "620-355-7111"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "FLAX",
        "first_name": "JOSEPH",
        "middle_name": "STEPHEN",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-06-09",
        "last_updated": "2025-06-09",
        "certification_date": "2025-06-06",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363A00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant",
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            "license": null,
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
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}

• Kendal Jay Carswell Sr., LMSW, LCAC
• County of Kearny (Kearny County Health Department)
• County of Kearny (Kearny County EMS)
• Kurtis William Davis, M.D.
• Wilma Louise Day, KIPBS CERTIFICATED
• Forever Home Renovations
• Mark W Frakes, MD
• Sara Frances Franco, LPN
• Anthony Gunawan, PA
• Hendrix Building Consultant and Supply

• Physician Assistant in Lakin, KS
• Providers in Lakin, KS by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Kansas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 9, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.