Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D
Psychiatry Physician · Chicago, IL
Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1144684598, issued on Apr 12, 2016. Check the license (Illinois 036151823, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 036151823 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4700 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
- Phone
- (773) 584-6200
- Enumerated
- Apr 12, 2016
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210426002680); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036151823Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
706 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Escitalopram Oxalate42 claims
- Sertraline Hcl38 claims
- Clonazepam37 claims
- Trazodone Hcl37 claims
- Aripiprazole34 claims
- Buspirone Hcl33 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: $93.27
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Edgewood Clinical Services P.C.Chicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida among 2,147 psychiatry physician records in Illinois
Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D is one of 2,147 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 70% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2004 among the 877 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
841 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 841 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 2,147 psychiatry physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D's NPI number?
Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144684598, issued on Apr 12, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4700 S California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60632. Phone: (773) 584-6200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036151823, 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 Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Johanna Escobar Almeida, M.D had 706 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.