Karina Dolly Escudero Chu, MD

Primary specialty

General Practice PhysicianTaxonomy code 208D00000X

License

ACN1469 Issued in FL

Practice address

228 W Alexander St
Plant City, FL 33563-7157

Phone

(813) 535-4816

Fax

(877) 285-9902

NPI assigned

Dec 11, 2017

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PR, FL2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

General Practice

Education

Other, 2008

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Conviva Medical Center Management, LLCGroup PAC ID 4284717422, 507 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network
• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: karina.escudero.chu.2@29601.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: karina.escudero.chu.1@29601.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.

• Conviva Medical Center Management LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Miami, FL
  • NPI 1649324278

  General Practice

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Centro Medico del Turabo Inc

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Caguas, PR
  • NPI 1710107883

  General Practice

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Centro Medico del Turabo Inc

  • Home Infusion Therapy Pharmacy
  • Bayamon, PR
  • NPI 1811632581
  NPD

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

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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "6101 BLUE LAGOON DR STE 200",
            "city": "MIAMI",
            "state": "FL",
            "postal_code": "331263168",
            "telephone_number": "305-500-2000"
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "KARINA",
        "middle_name": "DOLLY",
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        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2017-12-11",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-25",
        "certification_date": "2026-03-25",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "state": "PR",
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        }
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    "identifiers": [],
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            "affiliation": "N",
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• Empathy Counseling, LLC
• Empire Caring Transit Corp
• Christa Epperson
• Deborah Vida Epstein, APRN
• Erica Smithberger M.D., P.L.
• Esl Medical Corp
• Ketziel Estrada, DPT
• Ryneal N Eugenio, D.O.
• Willow Jo Everett, PSY.M.
• Savannah Ewing, DC

• General Practice Physician in Plant City, FL
• Providers in Plant City, FL by specialty
• General Practice Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 25, 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.