Karen Denise Banks, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Rancho Mirage, CA
Karen Denise Banks, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Rancho Mirage, California, and NPI 1083998371, issued on Oct 5, 2011. Check the license (California 20A13479, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Denise Banks
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 20A13479 CA
DO210143 OR
16049 ND
ED0253A WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 35400 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
- Phone
- (760) 833-7977
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2011
- Record last updated
- Sep 23, 2025
- Fax
- (866) 455-0114
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180111000406); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Denise Banks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A13479Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
40 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium11 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: $24.23
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medline Industries LP. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
One hospital affiliation
- Upmc AltoonaPittsburgh, PA · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
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). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Karen Denise Banks among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Karen Denise Banks, DO is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2011, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 66% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
59 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Rancho Mirage
They are 59 of the 1,600 NPPES records with a practice address in Rancho Mirage, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Syed Azam, M.D.Rancho Mirage, CA 922701811993454
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- Russell Grant, M.D.Rancho Mirage, CA 922701922026533
- Joel Hirschberg, MDRancho Mirage, CA 922701962474650
- David Ko, MDRancho Mirage, CA 922701568405470
- Carlos Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H.Rancho Mirage, CA 922701003892894
- Hessam Mahdavi, MDRancho Mirage, CA 922701851393300
- Ravinderpal Mann, M.D.Rancho Mirage, CA 922701568480721
Common questions
What is Karen Denise Banks, DO's NPI number?
Karen Denise Banks, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083998371, issued on Oct 5, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Denise Banks, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 35400 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA, 92270. Phone: (760) 833-7977. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Denise Banks, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A13479, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Denise Banks, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Denise Banks, DO had 40 Medicare Part D claims; 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.