Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Durham, NC
Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1487241808, issued on Dec 31, 2020. Check the license (North Carolina 5018968, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Judelka Fernando
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
- License numbers
- 5018968 NC
APRN11009491 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 20 Duke Medicine Cir # 3-1, Durham, NC 27710
- Phone
- (919) 845-5301
- Enumerated
- Dec 31, 2020
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240502003271); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 20 Duke Medicine Cir # 3-1
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Brice Painter, PAPhysician Assistant1255844114
Verify Karen Judelka Fernando in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5018968Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.5 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $361.39
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 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
- Duke Health Integrated Practice IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Judelka Fernando among 500 acute care nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN is one of 500 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 46% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2020 among the 385 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 33% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2100X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner providers in North Carolina
There are 500 acute care nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
All 500 in North Carolina → Every provider in Durham → Acute Care Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 acute care nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Terry Ainsworth, ACNPDurham, NC 277101699105122
- Stacey Allred, FNP, ACNPDurham, NC 277101740677277
- Jade Clausen, MSN, FNP-CDurham, NC 277101497163539
- Tiffany Dieso, AGACNP-BCDurham, NC 277101124490008
- Jill Engel, NPDurham, NC 277101770525222
- Allison Gibson, MSN, ACNP-BCDurham, NC 277101003271834
- Sarah Jernigan, ACNP-BCDurham, NC 277101922271006
- Honey Jetter Jones, ACNPDurham, NC 277101972889475
Common questions
What is Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN's NPI number?
Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487241808, issued on Dec 31, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 20 Duke Medicine Cir # 3-1, Durham, NC, 27710. Phone: (919) 845-5301. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5018968, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Karen Judelka Fernando, APRN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.