NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Karen Michelle Bertels, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Belleville, IL

Karen Michelle Bertels, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Belleville, Illinois, and NPI 1548657737, issued on Apr 25, 2015. Check the license (Illinois 20166464, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; 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
1548657737
Name
Karen Michelle Bertels
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
20166464 IL
2018013516 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4315 Memorial Dr, Belleville, IL 62226
Phone
(314) 996-7014
Enumerated
Apr 25, 2015
Record last updated
Jan 30, 2026
Fax
(314) 273-0140
Medicaid ID
200057572 MO
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180906003380); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine, 2015
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 4315 Memorial Dr

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

  1. Michelle Burk, DOInternal Medicine Physician1093817355
  2. Karen Ham, PA-CPhysician Assistant1629285515
  3. Mary Maloney, ANPNurse Practitioner1710592175
  4. Randi Moreland, PA-CPhysician Assistant1891213658
  5. Adenike OkeNurse Practitioner1932742442
  6. Jeffrey Parks, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1215044367

Verify Karen Michelle Bertels in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  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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70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

68 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Karen Bertels68
  2. Specialty average226

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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Fairview Heights Medical Group SCAlton, IL

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

Karen Michelle Bertels among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois

Karen Michelle Bertels, MD is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% 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 61% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 61% of these records are older, 35% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

17 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Belleville

They are 17 of the 1,404 NPPES records with a practice address in Belleville, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Thomas Byrne, M.D.Belleville, IL 622261629164611
  2. Lundy Colvert, M.D.Belleville, IL 622261225179476
  3. Djiby Diop, M.D.Belleville, IL 622261164562906
  4. Daniel Kim, MDBelleville, IL 622261053801696
  5. Kurt Kloss, M.D.Belleville, IL 622261508907247
  6. Christine Lin, D.O.Belleville, IL 622261336580760
  7. Neil McClymont, D.O.Belleville, IL 622261033248208
  8. Robert Mecker, M.D.Belleville, IL 622261316074727

Common questions

What is Karen Michelle Bertels, MD's NPI number?

Karen Michelle Bertels, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548657737, issued on Apr 25, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Karen Michelle Bertels, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4315 Memorial Dr, Belleville, IL, 62226. Phone: (314) 996-7014. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Karen Michelle Bertels, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 20166464, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Karen Michelle Bertels, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Karen Michelle Bertels, MD had 68 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.