NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Karen Burke

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Palmerton, PA

Karen Burke is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1073922720, issued on Aug 7, 2014. Check the license (Pennsylvania SP014078, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1073922720
Name
Karen Burke
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License number
SP014078 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
135 Lafayette Ave, Palmerton, PA 18071
Phone
(610) 826-1340
Enumerated
Aug 7, 2014
Record last updated
Aug 7, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20150226000955); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 135 Lafayette Ave

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

  1. Rosemarie Attewell, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1225088800
  2. Susan Generose, R.D.Metabolic Nutrition Registered Dietitian1578843827
  3. Chung Lee, MDAnesthesiology Physician1568460764
  4. Danish Saeed, MDGeriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1700927019
  5. Perla Sarayno-Sagge, MDAnesthesiology Physician1902805443
  6. Ricardo Sion, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1497753222

Verify Karen Burke in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
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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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2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

2,101 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.

  1. Karen Burke2,101
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Buspirone Hcl283 claims
  2. Mirtazapine184 claims
  3. Quetiapine Fumarate128 claims
  4. Trazodone Hcl127 claims
  5. Duloxetine Hcl118 claims
  6. Sertraline Hcl114 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. St Lukes Physician Group IncPalmerton, PA

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

Karen Burke among 1,628 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania

Karen Burke is one of 1,628 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 16% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 16% of these records are older, 81% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
  • Graduated2014 · median 2021 among the 901 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 22% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers in Pennsylvania

There are 1,628 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Uchenna OkekePennsburg, PA 180731437982303
  2. Rosaline Stevenson, REGISTERED NURSEOrefield, PA 180691225791619
  3. David Sullivan, PMHNP-BCOrefield, PA 180691639785991
  4. Pamela Talbot-AtkinsonOrefield, PA 180691972083095
  5. Sandra Gerard-Amazan, NPNorthampton, PA 180671164353231
  6. Kelsey Hallingstad, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BCNew Tripoli, PA 180661770438723
  7. Akosua Anane, PMHNPNazareth, PA 180641497625701
  8. Brenda Soloe, CRNPNazareth, PA 180641922503978

Common questions

What is Karen Burke's NPI number?

Karen Burke's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073922720, issued on Aug 7, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Karen Burke located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 135 Lafayette Ave, Palmerton, PA, 18071. Phone: (610) 826-1340. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Karen Burke's license?

NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number SP014078, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Karen Burke prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Karen Burke had 2,101 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Karen Burke's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.6 of 100. 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.