NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Karen Avgush

Internal Medicine Physician · Garnerville, NY

Karen Avgush is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Garnerville, New York, and NPI 1154701720, issued on Jun 9, 2015. Check the license on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1154701720
Name
Karen Avgush
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
MT209309 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2 Suffern LN, Garnerville, NY 10923
Phone
(845) 429-1800
Enumerated
Jun 9, 2015
Record last updated
Feb 28, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20241104001424); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2 Suffern LN

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Rachel Halevy-Avgush, MDGeriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1306823935
  2. Siby Thomas, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1497140867
  3. Steve Trikounakis, RPA-CPhysician Assistant1235341959
  4. Cecilia Villafuerte, NURSE PRACTITIONERFamily Nurse Practitioner1093215048

Verify Karen Avgush in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the ProfessionsCheck the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

32 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Karen Avgush32
  2. Specialty average3,176

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: $96.45

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Karen Avgush$96.45
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Mount Carmel Health SystemGrove City, OH

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Karen Avgush among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York

Karen Avgush is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 75% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2009 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Internal Medicine Physician providers in New York

There are 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Dominic Cappelleri, MDGoshen, NY 109241912985227
  2. Eileen Colligan, M.D.Goshen, NY 109241972599645
  3. Emily Gordon, M.D.Goshen, NY 109241164477238
  4. Nathalie Hirsch, DOGoshen, NY 109241316474810
  5. Sonal Parmar, MDGoshen, NY 109241881822310
  6. Morris Tilson, M.D.Goshen, NY 109241851363964
  7. Shah Nawaz, MDHighland Fls, NY 109281316094865
  8. Pratibha Shah, M.DChester, NY 109181437141785

Common questions

What is Karen Avgush's NPI number?

Karen Avgush's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154701720, issued on Jun 9, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Karen Avgush located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2 Suffern LN, Garnerville, NY, 10923. Phone: (845) 429-1800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Karen Avgush's license?

Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Karen Avgush prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Karen Avgush had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.