Kara Heist Francis, MD

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

142395 Issued in MT

Practice address

760 Hospital Circle
PO Box 760
Browning, MT 59417-0760

Phone

(406) 338-6100

NPI assigned

Apr 6, 2021

Last updated

Mar 6, 2025By the provider in NPPES

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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

HospitalistAlso: Family Practice

Education

University of Washington School of Medicine, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

U S Health Dept of Health and Human ServicesGroup PAC ID 9638081623, 98 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• P H S Indian Hospital at Browning - Blackfeet Hospital, Browning, MT, CCN 270074

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• US Health Dept of Health & Human Services

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Poplar, MT
  • NPI 1972694602

  TX

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• U S Health Dept of Health & Human Services

  dba Lodge Grass Clinic

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Lodge Grass, MT
  • NPI 1750410395
  NPD
• U S Health Dept of Health & Human Services

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Browning, MT
  • NPI 1861409955
  NPD

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1741219200000",
    "number": "1962081919",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 137",
            "city": "BROWNING",
            "state": "MT",
            "postal_code": "594170137",
            "telephone_number": "406-223-9614"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "760 HOSPITAL CIRCLE",
            "address_2": "PO BOX 760",
            "city": "BROWNING",
            "state": "MT",
            "postal_code": "594170760",
            "telephone_number": "406-338-6100"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "FRANCIS",
        "first_name": "KARA",
        "middle_name": "HEIST",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2021-04-06",
        "last_updated": "2025-03-06",
        "certification_date": "2025-03-06",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207Q00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Family Medicine",
            "state": "MT",
            "license": "142395",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Chief Holystar Fish, COUNSELOR
• Dana Jo Fish
• Donald Peter Fish, COUNSELOR
• Kendall Flint, MD
• Gustavo Flores, PHARMD
• Ronnalea Gallagher, RN
• Clara Jo Gallagherhorn
• Jennifer Sakura Gannon, OD, FAAO
• Rachel Rose Gobert, RN
• Amber Gopher, R.N.

• Family Medicine Physician in Browning, MT
• Providers in Browning, MT by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Montana

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

Verify at the official NPI Registry.