Kara Kaestel, PA

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

028402 Issued in NY

Practice address

1375 Washington Ave Ste 101
Albany, NY 12206-1056

Phone

(518) 438-4483

Fax

(518) 482-4201

NPI assigned

Jul 18, 2022

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Kara Vanarsdal Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY

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, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Gastrointestinal Care of Long Island PLLCGroup PAC ID 7517042211, 175 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York Hospital, Troy, NY, CCN 330180
• St Peter'S Hospital Hospital, Albany, NY, CCN 330057

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Networks

• Healthfirst Medicare Network H1722
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H3359
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H5989
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H9678

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kara.vanarsdal.1@24721.direct.athenahealth.com

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

• Gastrointestinal Care of Long Island PLLC

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Massapequa, NY
  • NPI 1265571863
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group

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

• Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Troy, NY
  • NPI 1043267727
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Peter'S Hospital of the City of Albany

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Albany, NY
  • NPI 1497701106
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "endpoints": [],
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• Jay Lawrence Kabinoff, D.M.D.
• Edwin Kaczenski
• Jared Paul Kaczynski, RN, CNOR, RNFA
• Pooja Kadam, MD
• Marsha Kaddo Mouawad, LMHC
• Laurel Brown Kaftal, CRNA
• Laura Kagan, PH.D.
• Richard Mark Kagan, PH.D.
• Harry Nathan Kahn, DC
• Alayna Kaiser

• Physician Assistant in Albany, NY
• Providers in Albany, NY by specialty
• Physician Assistant in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 6, 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.

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