Karen Garner, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · San Clemente, CA
Karen Garner, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Clemente, California, and NPI 1770639189, issued on Jan 26, 2007. Check the license (California A055219, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Garner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A055219 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 831 Via Suerte Ste 102, San Clemente, CA 92673
- Phone
- (949) 364-5600
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050628000879); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 831 Via Suerte Ste 102
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Alice Wang, PA-CPhysician Assistant1992210660
Verify Karen Garner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A055219Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,402 Medicare Part D claims for 269 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium199 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium155 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate143 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium139 claims
- Losartan Potassium118 claims
- Meloxicam99 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: $180.00
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Providence Medical FoundationFullerton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Garner among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Karen Garner, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 44% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Clemente
They are 16 of the 969 NPPES records with a practice address in San Clemente, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Greg Brown, M.D.San Clemente, CA 926731720135346
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- Nick Karahalios, MDSan Clemente, CA 926731255442505
- Seema Khan, M.DSan Clemente, CA 926731376795617
- Torsten Kruse, M.D.San Clemente, CA 926731972644482
- Simon Outhwaite, MDSan Clemente, CA 926731851402002
- Faramarz Payandeh, MDSan Clemente, CA 926731346250701
Common questions
What is Karen Garner, MD's NPI number?
Karen Garner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770639189, issued on Jan 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Garner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 831 Via Suerte Ste 102, San Clemente, CA, 92673. Phone: (949) 364-5600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Garner, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A055219, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Garner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Garner, MD had 2,402 Medicare Part D claims for 269 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.