Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Katherine Lester

Individual provider Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · NPI 1962432229

Katherine Lester is registered under Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Birmingham, Alabama. Qualified in 1994, 32 years ago. Practices with UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority, a 50-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama.

Years since qualifying
32
Licensed in
AL
In the registry since
2006
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Practice location Address checks out

1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233-1801
Phone: (800) 822-8816
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Specialties & licences

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (primary) Taxonomy 367500000X · Licence 1-071923 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1962432229
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 3, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 25, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1994 (32 years in practice)
Group practice Uab Callahan Eye Hospital Authority — 50 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients85
Services billed 86 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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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 $65 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 50 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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