Karen S Nipper, M.D.

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

54232 Issued in CT

Practice address

87 Grandview Ave
Waterbury, CT 06708-2514

Phone

(203) 574-2020

NPI assigned

Feb 22, 2006

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CT

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 1

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania, 2000

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Refocus Eye Health of Central Connecticut PCGroup PAC ID 5597176834, 38 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

85.94 of 100Reported as group

Quality

89.64

Promoting interoperability

95

Improvement activities

40

Cost

67.65

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: knipper@refocus.intellechartdirect.net

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.

• Refocus Eye Health of Central Connecticut, P.C.

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Waterbury, CT
  • NPI 1548874936
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Refocus Eye Health of Central Connecticut, P.C.

  • Eyewear Supplier
  • Waterbury, CT
  • NPI 1689459471

  Ophthalmology

  NPD
• Richard a Fichman MD PC

  • Optician
  • Manchester, CT
  • NPI 1053591214
  NPD
• Richard a. Fichman, MD PC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Norwalk, CT
  • NPI 1851406276
  NPD
• Rochester Eye Care Associates PLLC

  • Optometrist
  • Rochester, NH
  • NPI 1770764821
  NPD (past)
• Soll Eye PC of NJ

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Camden, NJ
  • NPI 1821081258
  NPD (past)
• Vijay K Battu MD PC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • New York, NY
  • NPI 1730291998
  NPD (past)

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

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            "address_1": "87 GRANDVIEW AVE",
            "city": "WATERBURY",
            "state": "CT",
            "postal_code": "067082514",
            "telephone_number": "203-574-2020"
        },
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "KAREN",
        "middle_name": "S",
        "credential": "M.D.",
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        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-02-22",
        "last_updated": "2021-11-03",
        "certification_date": "2021-02-08",
        "status": "A"
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        },
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• Barbara Nieves
• Janet I Nieves, RN
• William Nieves, MSW,BA,LMSW
• Samantha Lynne Nilsson, LCSW
• Dayana Sai Swetha Nimmalapudi
• Michelle Nisenbaum, MD
• Janet Njuguna, APRN
• Michael J Nolan, PA
• Margaret Joan-Claire Noonan, M.D.
• Katelyn Iva Norman, M.D.

• Ophthalmology Physician in Waterbury, CT
• Providers in Waterbury, CT by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in Connecticut

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 3, 2021; 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.

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