Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician · Des Moines, IA
Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1487397733, issued on Apr 14, 2022. Check the license (Iowa 06880, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 06880 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1111 6TH Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314
- Phone
- (616) 252-7200
- Enumerated
- Apr 14, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jul 7, 2025
- Fax
- (616) 252-4953
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250130001751); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- At Still University Of Health Sciences, College Of Osteo Med, Kirksville, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 06880Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
195 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone25 claims
- Cephalexin23 claims
- Methocarbamol20 claims
- Ondansetron Odt11 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Des Moines River Physicians LLCDes Moines, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman among 509 emergency medicine physician records in Iowa
Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO is one of 509 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 85% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2012 among the 231 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
95 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Des Moines
They are 95 of the 5,538 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Moines, and 509 emergency medicine physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO's NPI number?
Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487397733, issued on Apr 14, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1111 6TH Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50314. Phone: (616) 252-7200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 06880, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carissa Elizabeth Herkelman, DO had 195 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.