Karen Kay Baker, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Dallas, TX
Karen Kay Baker, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1598739658, issued on Feb 15, 2006. Check the license (Texas K2640, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Kay Baker
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K2640 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5709 W Lovers LN, Dallas, TX 75209
- Phone
- (469) 913-8940
- Enumerated
- Feb 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (214) 366-0752
- Medicaid ID
- 146009901 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100116000228); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5709 W Lovers LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Neha Patel, PAPhysician Assistant1467846980
- George Williams, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1144273517
Verify Karen Kay Baker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K2640Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,807 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 60 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium227 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate181 claims
- Losartan Potassium148 claims
- Lisinopril147 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium143 claims
- Metformin Hcl111 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: $641.05
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 one group practice
- MedhealthDallas, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Kay Baker among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Karen Kay Baker, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
509 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Dallas
They are 509 of the 36,304 NPPES records with a practice address in Dallas, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Karen Kay Baker, M.D.'s NPI number?
Karen Kay Baker, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598739658, issued on Feb 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Kay Baker, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5709 W Lovers LN, Dallas, TX, 75209. Phone: (469) 913-8940. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Kay Baker, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K2640, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Kay Baker, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Kay Baker, M.D. had 3,807 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.