Karen Coward, M.D.

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

35236 Issued in NC

Practice address

101 Clinic Dr
Tarboro, NC 27886-1935

Phone

(252) 823-2105

NPI assigned

Jan 23, 2006

Last updated

Jan 12, 2022By 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 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 5

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

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

Family Practice

Education

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 1989

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Vidant Medical Group LLCGroup PAC ID 0345343893, 986 clinicians

East Carolina Health - Heritage IncGroup PAC ID 4789582594, 16 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Centerwell Home Health Home health agency, Rocky Mount, NC, CCN 347328
• Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Hospital, Tarboro, NC, CCN 340107
• Ecu Health Medical Center Hospital, Greenville, NC, CCN 340040

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

96.95 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

82.44

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kcoward42953@direct.ecuhealth.com

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.

• Vidant Medical Group LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1477648731
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc

  dba Vidant Family Medicine-Pinetops a department of Vidant Edgecombe Hospi

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Pinetops, NC
  • NPI 1821076589
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Tarboro Clinic PA

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tarboro, NC
  • NPI 1649380916
  NPD
• Vidant Medical Group LLC

  dba Vidant Endoscopy Center-Kinston

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Kinston, NC
  • NPI 1376049619
  NPD

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

• East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc

  dba ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tarboro, NC
  • NPI 1699757393
  Care Compare affiliation
• Eastern Carolina Home Health Agency, LLC

  dba CenterWell Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Rocky Mount, NC
  • NPI 1306873831
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

  dba ECU Health Beaufort Hospital-a campus of ECU Health Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Washington, NC
  • NPI 1780359687
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc

  dba ECU Health Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1043218944
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• County of Edgecombe Office of Auditor (Edgecombe County Health Department)
• County of Edgecombe Office of Auditor (Edgecombe Homecare & Hospice)
• County of Edgecombe Office of Auditor (Edgecombe County Health Department)
• County of Edgecombe Office of Auditor
• County of Edgecombe Office of Auditor (Edgecombe County EMS)
• Jerry Evan Coy, CRNA
• Created for This Doula Services LLC
• Cristen's Caring Corner LLC
• Lakiesha Cross
• Wendy Loraine Cubero, EDS.

• Family Medicine Physician in Tarboro, NC
• Providers in Tarboro, NC by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 12, 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.