Karen Blanton Brust, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Iowa City, IA
Karen Blanton Brust, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1558568717, issued on Jun 29, 2007. Check the license (Iowa MD49906, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Blanton Brust
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License numbers
- MD49906 IA
M6532 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Phone
- (319) 356-7740
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220616001027); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 200 Hawkins Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Karen Blanton Brust in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license MD49906Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
51 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 22% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Daptomycin13 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: $3,971.74
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Philips North America LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- State University OF IowaIowa City, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Iowa
There are 75 infectious disease physician records in Iowa.
Other infectious disease physician records in Iowa
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- Ahmad Alsalman, M.D.Des Moines, IA1831645704
- Alpheus Appenheimer, M.D.Iowa City, IA1083932909
- Felipe Barbosa, M.D.Davenport, IA1770895328
- Jason Barker, MDIowa City, IA1730161050
- Leyla Best Bandenay, M.D.Des Moines, IA1003074931
- Rebekah Betar, DOIowa City, IA1588353916
- Richard Burger, M.D.Centerville, IA1710968243
- Alexandria Burtness-Guard, DOIowa City, IA1699342345
Common questions
What is Karen Blanton Brust, MD's NPI number?
Karen Blanton Brust, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558568717, issued on Jun 29, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Blanton Brust, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242. Phone: (319) 356-7740. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Blanton Brust, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number MD49906, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Blanton Brust, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Blanton Brust, MD had 51 Medicare Part D claims; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.