Karen Mesmer Byrd, FNP

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

5012901 Issued in NC

Practice address

534 N 35TH St Ste a
Morehead City, NC 28557-3184

Phone

(252) 773-0614

Fax

(252) 773-0617

NPI assigned

Feb 24, 2020

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• Karen Mesmer Chaanine Former name

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Emergeortho PAGroup PAC ID 0749188894, 726 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Carteret General Hospital Hospital, Morehead City, NC, CCN 340142

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.07 of 100Reported as group

Quality

85.94

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

77.63

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.19 of 100Reported as group

Quality

84.52

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

82.79

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: karen.chaanine.1@847.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: karen.chaanine.3@9526.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Emergeortho PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Durham, NC
  • NPI 1376592964
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Carteret County General Hospital Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Morehead City, NC
  • NPI 1760479331
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Emergeortho PA

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Eden, NC
  • NPI 1841170222
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Carteret County General Hospital Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Morehead City, NC
  • NPI 1760479331
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 5105",
            "city": "BELFAST",
            "state": "ME",
            "postal_code": "049155100",
            "telephone_number": "919-220-5255",
            "fax_number": "919-220-6971"
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "534 N 35TH ST STE A",
            "city": "MOREHEAD CITY",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "285573184",
            "telephone_number": "252-773-0614",
            "fax_number": "252-773-0617"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "BYRD",
        "first_name": "KAREN",
        "middle_name": "MESMER",
        "credential": "FNP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2020-02-24",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-17",
        "certification_date": "2026-03-17",
        "status": "A"
    },
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    "identifiers": [],
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "city": "Morehead City",
            "state": "NC",
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        }
    ],
    "other_names": [
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            "first_name": "KAREN",
            "last_name": "CHAANINE",
            "middle_name": "MESMER",
            "credential": "FNP",
            "code": "1",
            "type": "Former Name"
        }
    ]
}

• Austin W Burgess, MD
• Sharon Camille Burton, NP-C
• Timothy Alan Busteed, MD
• Nicole Lauren Butler
• Sybil Brooke Butler
• Tabitha Byrd, RBT
• Leigh Ann Byrum, LCAS-A
• Elaine Sharon Cabinum-Foeller, M.D.
• Carrie Ann Cacchione, LPC/ NCC
• Cas Michael Cader, M.D.

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Morehead City, NC
• Providers in Morehead City, NC by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 17, 2026; 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.