What is Karen Sheppard's specialty?

Karen Sheppard (NPI 1649341181) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Augusta, GA.

Where does Karen Sheppard practice?

Karen Sheppard practices in Augusta, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649341181.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Sheppard?

Karen Sheppard (NPI 1649341181) received approximately $9K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 85 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649341181

Karen SheppardCRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)Augusta, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$980

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,401 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) providers in GA — below median (cohort median 107).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.9

Quality

82.1

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$39

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$39

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$39

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Sheppard'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC	139	366
NPI 1316038128	37	42
Sherman Chamberlain Gastroenterology · Delray Beach, FL	32	86
KESHAVAMURTHY, JAYANTH	16	26
Humberto Sifuentes Gastroenterology · Augusta, GA	15	37
Sravankumar Kavuri Pathology · Augusta, GA	14	17
LEE, JEFFREY	14	14
Gyanendra Sharma Cardiology · Augusta, GA	14	21
Sanjeev Dalela Anesthesiology · Brooklyn, NY	13	14
Zalak Patel Anesthesiology · Augusta, GA	13	13
James Mayfield Anesthesiology · Augusta, GA	13	14
Preston Conger Internal Medicine · Augusta, GA	11	12

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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