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Karen Golba, NP

Family Nurse Practitioner in Akron, Ohio.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 210,832 in Family Nurse Practitioner, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
254
Medicare Part D claims · 189 beneficiaries · Family Nurse Practitioner avg: 1K
MIPS score
61.2/100
▼ 22 pts below national avg 83.5 · Mid-tier
Industry payments
$43.66
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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What the federal data shows

Karen Golba, NP reported a CMS MIPS final score of 61.2/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 254 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

61.2/100
MIPS score · -22 vs avg
254
Part D claims, 2023
$43.66
industry payments (Sunshine Act)
≥6th
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Karen Golba, NP

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1861848509), first enumerated 05/12/2016.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 254 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 61.2/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $43.66 in reported industry payments (2 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    Ohio statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Karen Golba, NP's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: OMB annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1861848509 · Family Nurse Practitioner

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-LOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1861848509
  • ENUM-MID 2016
  • TAX-MEGA 211K Family Nurse
  • MIPS-LOW 61.2/100
  • RX-LIGHT 254
  • BOOK-MID 8,606 in Ohio
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gary Barnes · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Karen Golba, NP's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

61 ≥ 6th percentile 6% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Above this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Above this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Karen Golba, NP sits

This provider among family nurse practitioner peers

Across the 26,556 family nurse practitioner providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Karen Golba, NP writes more Part D claims than 39% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 5% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

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quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Karen Golba, NP, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 39 · MIPS quality, percentile: 5
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one family nurse practitioner peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Karen Golba, NP. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

What does the federal data show about Karen Golba, NP?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 05/12/2016

NPI 1861848509

Primary specialty

Family Nurse Practitioner

High-volume

210,832 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

254 79% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 1,222

MIPS final score

61.2/100 22.3 pts vs avg

Mid-tier band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Ohio

How Family Nurse Practitioner compares to other specialties among Ohio providers

Ohio providers
Case Manager/Care Coordinator10.9%Student in an Organized Heal…4.7%Licensed Practical Nurse4%Addiction (Substance Use Dis…3.5%Registered Nurse3.4%Pharmacist3.4%Family Nurse Practitioner2.7%
Largest specialties in Ohio (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Karen Golba, NP's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Family Nurse Practitioner national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
61.2/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%61.2%
MIPS final score (Family Nurse Practitioner) - 61.2/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

472 E WATERLOO RD
Akron, OH 44319
(330) 622-4495

Provider Details

NPI 1861848509
Specialty Family Nurse Practitioner
Credentials NP
Gender Female
NPI Issued 05/12/2016

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

61.2052
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
45.6944
Quality
70.2441
Cost

Reporting: Group practice

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Karen Golba, NP. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$44

Largest payer

Lilly USA, LLC

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context - Ohio OMB 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~48K Ohio medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Karen Golba, NP. To verify Karen Golba, NP's current license status, search the OMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

158
Total board actions, Ohio 2023
Across 154 cases
3.29
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Ohio statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
56 cases

OMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Ohio disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

254
Total Claims
$3K
Total Drug Cost
189
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
270
Total Day Supply
3,130
Generic Drug Cost
$2K
Antibiotic Claims
148

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
67.9 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
0.96
Gender Split
72% female / 28% male
Age Distribution
<65: 42, 65-74: 80, 75-84: 52, 85+: 15

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Karen Golba, NP prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav
31
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
 29
Fluticasone Propionate
 28
Methylprednisolone
 24
Azithromycin
 20
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim
18
Amoxicillin
 17
Cephalexin
 14

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Family Nurse Practitioner in OH → All providers in Ohio → Compare specialties →

Family Nurse Practitioner Overview

How Karen Golba, NP fits within the Family Nurse Practitioner landscape nationally.

210,832
Family Nurse Practitioner Providers in US
56
States with Family Nurse Practitioner
1,222
Avg Claims per Provider

Karen Golba, NP's 254 claims are below the specialty average of 1,222.

Nationwide Family Nurse Practitioner peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Golba, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (61.2 here).

Gary Barnes 61.2 TX Tasha Wood 61.2 AZ Arianne Mason 61.2 WY Emily Risley 61.2 WY

Same NPPES enumeration year (2016)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Ashley Files Cullman, AL Dawn Steinman Lincoln, NE Chaitali Patel Milton, GA Casey Peterson Atlantic City, NJ

Nearby Family Nurse Practitioner Providers in Ohio

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Ohio, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Golba.

One of 8,606 Family Nurse Practitioner providers enrolled in Ohio, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Alicia Abate
CRNP
Steubenville, OH
Dr. Isabel Abba-Mesue
CNP
Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Carol Abbott
APRN
Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Lina Abdel-Rasoul
APRN-CNP
Findlay, OH
Dr. Roda Abdirizak
FNP
Westerville, OH

Compare Family Nurse Practitioner nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Karen Golba, NP's specialty? ▼
Karen Golba, NP specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner and practices in Akron, Ohio. Credentials: NP.
How much does Karen Golba, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Karen Golba, NP wrote 254 Medicare Part D claims totaling $3K in drug costs for 189 beneficiaries.
What is Karen Golba, NP's Medicare quality score? ▼
Karen Golba, NP has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 61.2/100 (Quality: 45.7, Cost: 70.2). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Karen Golba, NP located? ▼
Karen Golba, NP is located at 472 E WATERLOO RD, Akron, OH, 44319. Phone: (330) 622-4495.
What is Karen Golba, NP's NPI number? ▼
Karen Golba, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861848509, issued on 05/12/2016.
How many Family Nurse Practitioner providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 210,832 Family Nurse Practitioner providers across 56 states in the US. The average Family Nurse Practitioner provider writes 1,222 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Karen Golba, NP prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Karen Golba, NP's most frequently prescribed drugs include Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass, Ciprofloxacin Hcl, Fluticasone Propionate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Karen Golba, NP accept Medicare? ▼
Karen Golba, NP appears in CMS Medicare data with 254 Part D claims and 189 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Karen Golba, NP's credentials? ▼
Karen Golba, NP's NPI is 1861848509 with credentials NP. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.