Karen Chamness, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

036080189 Issued in IL

Practice address

9 Westwood Dr
Steeleville, IL 62288-1816

Phone

(618) 965-3466

Fax

(618) 965-9418

NPI assigned

Apr 28, 2006

Last updated

May 29, 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 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sparta Community Hospital D/B/a Quality Healthcare ClinicsGroup PAC ID 6709870462, 40 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• At Home Health Care Home health agency, Sparta, IL, CCN 147694
• Sparta Community Hospital Hospital, Sparta, IL, CCN 141349
• Memorial Hospital Hospital, Chester, IL, CCN 141338
• Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Hospital, Carbondale, IL, CCN 140164

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

91.05 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

72.1

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: svc@spartahospital.hin.us

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.

• Sparta Community Hospital D/B/a Quality Healthcare Clinics

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Sparta, IL
  • NPI 1114984226
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Sparta Community Hospital D/B/a Quality Healthcare Clinics

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Steeleville, IL
  • NPI 1669588000
  NPD (past)
• Sparta Community Hospital D/B/a Quality Healthcare Clinics

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Marissa, IL
  • NPI 1922114800
  NPD (past)

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

• Memorial Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Chester, IL
  • NPI 1851390132
  Care Compare affiliation
• Southern Illinois Hospital Services

  dba Memorial Hospital of Carbondale

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Carbondale, IL
  • NPI 1093801797
  Care Compare affiliation
• Sparta Community Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Sparta, IL
  • NPI 1548216476
  Care Compare affiliation
• Sparta Community Hospital

  dba At-Home Health Care

  • Home Health Agency
  • Sparta, IL
  • NPI 1639187149
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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        "credential": "PA-C",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-04-28",
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• Chester Clinic Professional Corp. (Steeleville Family Practice)
• Chester Medical Group, LLC (Steeleville Family Practice)
• Anthony Lee Esker, R.PH.
• F Like Frank, PC
• H&S Pharmacies, LLC (Tony's MediCenter Pharmacy)

• Physician Assistant in Steeleville, IL
• Providers in Steeleville, IL by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 29, 2026; 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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