Catherine Michelle Kowalski, D.O.

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

OS19788 Issued in FL

Practice address

1000 36TH St
Vero Beach, FL 32960-4862

Phone

(772) 567-4311

NPI assigned

Aug 4, 2008

Last updated

Jul 16, 2025By 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 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Other names 1

• Catherine Michelle Karl Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

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

HospitalistAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2008

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Indian River Health Services IncGroup PAC ID 9234130329, 335 clinicians

Health First Medical Group, LLCGroup PAC ID 7416100672, 701 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Viera Hospital Hospital, Melbourne, FL, CCN 100315
• Holmes Regional Medical Center Hospital, Melbourne, FL, CCN 100019
• Palm Bay Hospital Hospital, Palm Bay, FL, CCN 100316
• Cape Canaveral Hospital Hospital, Cocoa Beach, FL, CCN 100177
• Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Hospital, Vero Beach, FL, CCN 100105

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

92.26 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

80.2

Promoting interoperability

99.24

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network
• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: ckowalski159125@epicdirect.hf.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.

• Health First Medical Group, LLC

  • General Practice Physician
  • Melbourne, FL
  • NPI 1750626495

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Indian River Health Services Inc

  dba Behavioral Health Center

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • NPI 1710933031
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Martin Memorial Medical Center Inc

  dba Cleveland Clinic Martin North, South, Tradition Hospitals

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Stuart, FL
  • NPI 1194790055
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Cleveland Clinic Florida a Nonprofit Corporation

  • Clinic/Center
  • Weston, FL
  • NPI 1215989298
  NPD
• Health First Medical Group, LLC

  • General Practice Physician
  • Rockledge, FL
  • NPI 1073268934
  NPD
• Indian River Health Services Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • NPI 1124074455
  NPD

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

• Cape Canaveral Hospital, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cocoa Beach, FL
  • NPI 1184691610
  Care Compare affiliation
• Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc

  dba Palm Bay Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Palm Bay, FL
  • NPI 1386940823
  Care Compare affiliation
• Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc.

  dba First Flight

  • Air Ambulance
  • Melbourne, FL
  • NPI 1235312281

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Melbourne, FL
  • NPI 1295702728
  Care Compare affiliation
• Indian River Memorial Hospital Inc

  dba Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • NPI 1376512988
  Care Compare affiliation
• Viera Hospital Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Melbourne, FL
  • NPI 1730494816
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Hospitalist Physician in Vero Beach, FL
• Providers in Vero Beach, FL by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 16, 2025; 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.