Kara Ferrell, NP

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

209013367 Issued in IL

Practice address

3314 Patriot CT
Herrin, IL 62948-3782

Phone

(618) 993-1591

Fax

(618) 351-5631

NPI assigned

Oct 12, 2015

Last updated

Apr 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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Southern Illinois Medical Services NFPGroup PAC ID 3678677390, 331 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Herrin Hospital Hospital, Herrin, IL, CCN 140011
• St Joseph Memorial Hospital Hospital, Murphysboro, IL, CCN 141334
• Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Hospital, Carbondale, IL, CCN 140164
• Franklin Hospital Hospital, Benton, IL, CCN 141321
• Good Samaritan Regional HLTH Center Hospital, Mount Vernon, IL, CCN 140046

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

82 of 100Reported as group

Quality

55.9

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.01

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Southern Illinois Medical Services, NFP

  dba SIH Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Carbondale, IL
  • NPI 1770656837
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Nelson F Gauto MD PC

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Herrin, IL
  • NPI 1134349798
  NPD (past)

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

• Franklin Hospital District

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Benton, IL
  • NPI 1699778951
  Care Compare affiliation
• Good Samaritan Regional Health Center

  dba SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Mount Vernon, IL
  • NPI 1609897339
  Care Compare affiliation
• Southern Illinois Hospital Services

  dba Memorial Hospital of Carbondale

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Carbondale, IL
  • NPI 1093801797
  Care Compare affiliation
• Southern Illinois Hospital Services

  dba St. Joseph Memorial Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Murphysboro, IL
  • NPI 1356435135
  Care Compare affiliation
• Southern Illinois Hospital Services

  dba Herrin Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Herrin, IL
  • NPI 1528158573
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "PO BOX 3988",
            "city": "CARBONDALE",
            "state": "IL",
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        },
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• Jill Marie Fairbanks, FNP-C
• Family Home Health Care Inc
• Kelsey Ann Fann, RBT
• Courtney Fenoglio, LPTA
• Wendy Kay Ferguson
• Heather Ann Filson, COTA/L
• Danielle Jo Fisher, APRN
• William Fix, O.D.
• Lyn E. Flahardy, LCSW
• Levi A Ford

• Nurse Practitioner in Herrin, IL
• Providers in Herrin, IL by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in Illinois

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

Verify at the official NPI Registry.