Kara Burken, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner · Blue Hill, NE
Kara Burken, APRN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Blue Hill, Nebraska, and NPI 1740044254, issued on Feb 6, 2024. Check the license (Nebraska 115198, as entered in NPPES) with the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Burken
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 115198 NE
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1941 Road Y, Blue Hill, NE 68930
- Phone
- (785) 614-2855
- Enumerated
- Feb 6, 2024
- Record last updated
- Feb 6, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240320003034); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Kara Burken in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Nebraska board licenses this profession
Search for license 115198Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
166 Medicare Part D claims for 74 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin12 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $33.72
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Webster County Community HospitalRed Cloud, NE · Critical Access Hospitals
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov).
3 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Blue Hill
They are 3 of the 25 NPPES records with a practice address in Blue Hill, and 1,083 family nurse practitioner records in Nebraska.
All 3 in Blue Hill → All 1,083 in Nebraska → Every provider in Blue Hill →
Other family nurse practitioner records in Nebraska
- Vanesa Abad, FNP-CNorfolk, NE1902380249
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- Enyonam AbalekporOmaha, NE1972227288
- Michaela Abbott, APRNOmaha, NE1760031280
- Lindee AbeOmaha, NE1912378845
- Ashley Acker, NPOmaha, NE1902332752
- Malik Ahmic, DNPLincoln, NE1598491920
- Gloria Akainda, NPOneill, NE1255675096
- Kiria Akwo, FNP-COmaha, NE1063263010
- Abbie Albrecht, APRNBassett, NE1568968493
Common questions
What is Kara Burken, APRN's NPI number?
Kara Burken, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740044254, issued on Feb 6, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Burken, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1941 Road Y, Blue Hill, NE, 68930. Phone: (785) 614-2855. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Burken, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Nebraska license number 115198, as entered by the provider. Search the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Burken, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Burken, APRN had 166 Medicare Part D claims for 74 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.