Karen Merkel, FNP-C

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

AP127465 Issued in TX

Practice address

5000 W Slaughter LN
Austin, TX 78749-3997

Phone

(512) 654-4000

NPI assigned

Mar 25, 2015

Last updated

Jan 20, 2022By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

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, 2014

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Scott and White ClinicGroup PAC ID 8123923604, 2,426 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Hospital, Round Rock, TX, CCN 670034
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin Hospital, Austin, TX, CCN 670136

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/21581/brand/2/csg/1/fhir/r4
• Direct secure messaging: kmerkel917784@direct.sw.org

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

• Scott & White Clinic

  dba Baylor Scott & White Clinic - Temple

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Temple, TX
  • NPI 1093779704
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lewis Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Dripping Springs, TX
  • NPI 1174965073
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Lewis Urgent Care PLLC

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Dripping Springs, TX
  • NPI 1083082556
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Longhorn Emergency Medical Associates PA

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1649669672
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Providence Health Alliance

  • Specialist
  • Waco, TX
  • NPI 1932210838
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Seton Family of Doctors

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1588997233
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Providence Health Alliance

  dba Providence Family Health Clinic-Hillsboro

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Waco, TX
  • NPI 1336590462
  NPD
• Scott & White Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1649820796
  NPD
• Scott & White Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pflugerville, TX
  • NPI 1679691729
  NPD
• Seton Family of Doctors

  dba One Medical Group of Texas

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1225644065
  NPD
• Seton Family of Doctors

  dba Ascension Texas Imaging

  • Radiology Clinic/Center
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1275290694
  NPD
• Scott & White Hospital - Taylor

  dba Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Taylor, TX
  • NPI 1659366557
  NPD (past)

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

• Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers - Capitol Area

  dba Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1902366305
  Care Compare affiliation
• Scott & White Hospital - Round Rock

  dba Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Round Rock, TX
  • NPI 1265568638
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1093109340",
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            "address_1": "PO BOX 844658",
            "city": "DALLAS",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "752844658",
            "telephone_number": "254-724-2111"
        },
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            "state": "TX",
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            "telephone_number": "512-654-4000"
        }
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "credential": "FNP-C",
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        "enumeration_date": "2015-03-25",
        "last_updated": "2022-01-20",
        "certification_date": "2022-01-20",
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        }
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            "affiliation": "N",
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    ],
    "other_names": []
}

• Meridian Surgery Center, LLC
• Anwar Merie, MD
• Laura Ann Meritt, MD
• Morghan Daniel Meriwether
• Hannah Merkel
• Robin Merket, M. D.
• Sara Merlene-Kluth, MA, LPC-ASSOCIATE
• Zahava A Merlis
• Mermaids & Centaurs, PC
• Mermaids and Centaurs

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Austin, TX
• Providers in Austin, TX by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 20, 2022; 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.