What is Karen Walker's specialty?

Karen Walker (NPI 1013208453) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Thoracic Surgery in Orlando, FL.

Where does Karen Walker practice?

Karen Walker practices in Orlando, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1013208453.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Walker?

Karen Walker (NPI 1013208453) received approximately $175K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 214 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1013208453

Karen WalkerM.D.

PRACTICEORLANDO HEALTH INCSee all providers at this practice →

Thoracic SurgeryOrlando, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

371

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

377

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$105K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 233 Thoracic Surgery providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 248).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$99

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Mupirocin17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.9

Quality

61.2

Cost

71.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.21%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$12K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$6K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$967

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$6K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$967

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (8)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Home health agency

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Walker's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 1 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	11	24

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	17	41
David Finley Thoracic Surgery · Lebanon, NH	13	33

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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