Karen Lynn Lester, FNP-BC

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

25497 Issued in TN

Practice address

3651 Winfield Dunn Pkwy
Kodak, TN 37764-1471

Phone

(865) 465-7088

Fax

(888) 909-9643

NPI assigned

Feb 23, 2019

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• First Step Counseling LLC

  • Addiction Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Kodak, TN
  • NPI 1114895968
  NPD Authorized official FAMILY
• First Step Medical LLC

  • Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Clinic/Center
  • Lebanon, VA
  • NPI 1134783194
  NPD (past) Authorized official

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Not listed in the public Medicare enrollment file

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.

Opted out of Medicare

Yes, effective Jan 28, 2021 through Jan 28, 2027

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: karen.lester.1@22220.direct.athenahealth.com

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format, last updated by the provider on Sep 11, 2025.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1757548800000",
    "number": "1922565225",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3651 WINFIELD DUNN PKWY",
            "city": "KODAK",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "377641471",
            "telephone_number": "865-465-7088",
            "fax_number": "888-909-9643"
        },
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            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "fax_number": "888-909-9643"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "LESTER",
        "first_name": "KAREN",
        "middle_name": "LYNN",
        "credential": "FNP-BC",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2019-02-23",
        "last_updated": "2025-09-11",
        "certification_date": "2025-09-11",
        "status": "A"
    },
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• Matthew Johnson, M.A., M.DIV
• K VA T Food Stores Inc
• Kodak Family Dental, PLLC
• Joseph Laznik, PT
• Doreen Georgina Leo-Huneke, L.C.S.W.
• Lifechangers Outreach
• Ethan Michael Long, DDS
• Ashlyn Jones Loy, PHARMD.
• Kenna Nicole Major, APRN
• Mica Mathison, DMD

• All providers in Kodak, TN
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 11, 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; Opt Out Affidavits.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.