Karen Ann Gersch, MD

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

94636 Issued in GA

Practice address

200 S Enota Dr NE Ste 380
Gainesville, GA 30501-3475

Phone

(770) 219-7099

NPI assigned

Jul 27, 2006

Last updated

Oct 18, 2023By 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 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

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

Thoracic Surgery

Education

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Northeast Georgia Physicians Group IncGroup PAC ID 6901898386, 884 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc Hospital, Gainesville, GA, CCN 110029
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham Hospital, Demorest, GA, CCN 110041
• NGMC Barrow, LLC Hospital, Winder, GA, CCN 110045

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

87.83 of 100Reported as group

Quality

80.36

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

79.08

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/6293/brand/1/csg/1/fhir/r4
• Direct secure messaging: karen.gersch@hca5.eclinicaldirectplus.com
• Direct secure messaging: kgersch163780@nghs.gadirect.net

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.

• Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Gainesville, GA
  • NPI 1891745212

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Gainesville, GA
  • NPI 1427055821
  NPD (past)
• Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons, Inc.

  dba Cardiac, Vascular & Thoracic Surgeons, Inc.

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • NPI 1548299431
  NPD (past)

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

• NGMC Barrow LLC

  dba NGMC Barrow

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Winder, GA
  • NPI 1881144889
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Demorest, GA
  • NPI 1740981430
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Gainesville, GA
  • NPI 1427055821
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Gainesville, GA
• Providers in Gainesville, GA by specialty
• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 18, 2023; 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.