Kara Southard

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

209009755 Issued in IL

Practice address

3134 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657-4414

Phone

(773) 766-4949

Fax

(312) 766-4908

NPI assigned

Jul 2, 2012

Last updated

Sep 16, 2026By the provider in NPPES

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

Electronic endpoints 3

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2012

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationGroup PAC ID 4587576814, 4,386 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital Hospital, Chicago, IL, CCN 140281

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

95.19 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

83.05

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

  dba Northwestern Medical Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Carol Stream, IL
  • NPI 1346235314
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

  dba Northwestern Medical Group

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1417718479
  NPD
• Central Dupage Physician Group

  dba Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Carol Stream, IL
  • NPI 1033149844
  NPD (past)

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

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1497859649
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Chicago, IL
• Providers in Chicago, IL by specialty
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 16, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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