Karen Sue Barton, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Great Falls, MT
Karen Sue Barton, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Great Falls, Montana, and NPI 1578700902, issued on Jan 7, 2009. Check the license (Montana 560, as entered in NPPES) with the Montana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Sue Barton
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 560 MT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3015 18TH Ave S, Great Falls, MT 59405
- Phone
- (406) 731-8888
- Enumerated
- Jan 7, 2009
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2024
- Fax
- (406) 731-8318
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Sue Barton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Montana board licenses this profession
Search for license 560Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
263 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Bupropion Xl17 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl13 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium11 claims
- Pantoprazole 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 80.5 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).
Karen Sue Barton among 269 medical physician assistant records in Montana
Karen Sue Barton, PA-C is one of 269 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Montana. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 47% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 72% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Montana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
22 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Great Falls
They are 22 of the 1,798 NPPES records with a practice address in Great Falls, and 269 medical physician assistant records in Montana.
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Common questions
What is Karen Sue Barton, PA-C's NPI number?
Karen Sue Barton, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578700902, issued on Jan 7, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Sue Barton, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3015 18TH Ave S, Great Falls, MT, 59405. Phone: (406) 731-8888. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Sue Barton, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Montana license number 560, as entered by the provider. Search the Montana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karen Sue Barton, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Sue Barton, PA-C had 263 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karen Sue Barton, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.5 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.