Kara Austin, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Greenwood, MS
Kara Austin, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Greenwood, Mississippi, and NPI 1003477449, issued on Jun 26, 2019. Check the license (Mississippi 903411, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Austin
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 903411 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 609 Tallahatchie St, Greenwood, MS 38930
- Phone
- (662) 453-2626
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2019
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190927000001); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 609 Tallahatchie St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kara Austin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 903411Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,545 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Farxiga281 claims
- Sevelamer Carbonate181 claims
- Losartan Potassium177 claims
- Furosemide154 claims
- Lisinopril50 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate47 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $447.22
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Grenada Physician Services, LLCGrenada, MS
- North Sunflower Medical CenterGreenwood, MS
- State OF Mississippi-University OF Mississippi Medical CenterGrenada, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Austin among 3,798 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi
Kara Austin, NP is one of 3,798 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 62% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 62% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2017 among the 2,576 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 363LF0000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
26 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Greenwood
They are 26 of the 427 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenwood, and 3,798 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Kara Austin, NP's NPI number?
Kara Austin, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003477449, issued on Jun 26, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Austin, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 609 Tallahatchie St, Greenwood, MS, 38930. Phone: (662) 453-2626. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Austin, NP's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 903411, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Austin, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Austin, NP had 1,545 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kara Austin, NP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.