Karen K. Awah, CRNA

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

0024171393 Issued in VA

Practice address

100 E Carroll St
Salisbury, MD 21801-5422

Phone

(410) 546-6400

NPI assigned

Mar 17, 2011

Last updated

Feb 2, 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 4

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MD, DC, DE, VA4 enrollments

Enrollment records 4

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Bayhealth Medical Center, IncGroup PAC ID 1658364740, shared by 16 NPIs, 399 clinicians

Medstar Medical Group - Southern Maryland LLCGroup PAC ID 1355667056, 241 clinicians

Northstar Anesthesia of Delaware LLCGroup PAC ID 8022428416, 125 clinicians

SMG Anesthesia Specialists LLCGroup PAC ID 6305081118, 501 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus Hospital, Dover, DE, CCN 080004
• Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Hospital, Norfolk, VA, CCN 490007

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

81.41 of 100Reported as group

Quality

61.45

Promoting interoperability

96

Improvement activities

40

Cost

79.91

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

87.23 of 100Reported as group

Quality

81.01

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Registered Nurse

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 28)

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kawah1064274@direct.umm.edu

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.

• Medstar Medical Group - Southern Maryland LLC

  dba MedStar Shah Medical Group, LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hollywood, MD
  • NPI 1831592211
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Northstar Anesthesia of Delaware, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Wilmington, DE
  • NPI 1316544976

  Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• SMG Anesthesia Specialists LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Virginia Beach, VA
  • NPI 1518205004
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Anesthesia Company, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Annapolis, MD
  • NPI 1871548156

  DC, Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Capital Anesthesia Partners, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Chevy Chase, MD
  • NPI 1265715692

  DC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Medstar Medical Group Anesthesiology LLC

  dba MMG Anesthesiology LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1528578333
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Meritus Medical Center Inc

  dba Meritus Palliative Care

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Hagerstown, MD
  • NPI 1205176393
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Northstar Anesthesia of Maryland LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • La Plata, MD
  • NPI 1528747490
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Anesthesia Management Solutions LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1467880500

  MD, Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.

  dba Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Milford, DE
  • NPI 1023006434
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.

  dba Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Dover, DE
  • NPI 1467546135
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Cumberland Anesthesia Ams LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1033531785

  MD, Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

• Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.

  dba Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Dover, DE
  • NPI 1467546135
  Care Compare affiliation
• Sentara Hospitals

  dba Sentara Nightingale

  • Air Ambulance
  • Norfolk, VA
  • NPI 1235205147

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Sentara Hospitals

  dba Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Norfolk, VA
  • NPI 1437119310
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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