What is Karen Walker's specialty?

Karen Walker (NPI 1669430872) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Northport, AL.

Where does Karen Walker practice?

Karen Walker practices in Northport, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1669430872.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Walker?

Karen Walker (NPI 1669430872) received approximately $104K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 502 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669430872

Karen WalkerM.D.

DermatologyNorthport, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,378

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,072

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$98K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 156 Dermatology providers in AL — below median (cohort median 2,926).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,042

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$281K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Clobetasol Propionate142 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide118 claims

Fluconazole103 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate62 claims

Ketoconazole59 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

76.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.76%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

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). 25 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Alexander Wong Pathology · Birmingham, AL	136	200
Kevin Boyd Dermatology · Onalaska, WI	73	89
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	71	117
James Wilhite Internal Medicine · Tuscaloosa, AL	37	128
Ross Vaughn Internal Medicine · Tuscaloosa, AL	28	75
Holly Mcintire Pathology · Birmingham, AL	27	38
KUDIRKA, A.	23	29
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	22	40
Thomas Davis Ophthalmology · Tuscaloosa, AL	21	28
John Warren Internal Medicine · Tuscaloosa, AL	19	53
Patricia Antero Podiatry · Tuscaloosa, AL	18	24
Stephen Browne Internal Medicine · Northport, AL	18	40

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.

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