NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Karen R. Lind, M.D,

Emergency Medicine Physician · Hayward, CA

Karen R. Lind, M.D, is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Hayward, California, and NPI 1679720841, issued on Aug 19, 2008. Check the license (California A129703, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; 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
1679720841
Name
Karen R. Lind
Credential
M.D,
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A129703 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
27200 Calaroga Ave, Hayward, CA 94545
Phone
(510) 264-4026
Enumerated
Aug 19, 2008
Record last updated
Sep 29, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140606000193); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 2008
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 27200 Calaroga Ave

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

  1. Yahya Ahmed, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1124283312
  2. Neelima Akkinapalli, P.A.Physician Assistant1154523496
  3. Matthew Andrews, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1699645424
  4. Yalda Bahrani, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1770182388
  5. Manon Baze, PAPhysician Assistant1104849520
  6. John Bell, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1720282932

Verify Karen R. Lind in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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10% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

249 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

  1. Karen Lind249
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Buprenorphine-Naloxone70 claims
  2. Gabapentin21 claims
  3. Buprenorphine Hcl20 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score82.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%64.1
  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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Alameda Health SystemOakland, CA

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

Karen R. Lind among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Karen R. Lind, M.D, is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 50% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 46% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2008 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2015 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

26 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Hayward

They are 26 of the 3,993 NPPES records with a practice address in Hayward, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lyn Aborn, MDHayward, CA 945451891873659
  2. Eric Anderson, MDHayward, CA 945451417035262
  3. Robert Blum, MDHayward, CA 945451730267592
  4. Jeremy Graff, M.DHayward, CA 945451669491429
  5. Shao-I Huang, D.O.Hayward, CA 945451215031455
  6. Tan Nguyen, M.D.Hayward, CA 945451437173754
  7. Aaron Pessl, M.D.Hayward, CA 945451063425072
  8. Lisa Pinsky, MDHayward, CA 945451831277680

Common questions

What is Karen R. Lind, M.D,'s NPI number?

Karen R. Lind, M.D,'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679720841, issued on Aug 19, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Karen R. Lind, M.D, located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 27200 Calaroga Ave, Hayward, CA, 94545. Phone: (510) 264-4026. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Karen R. Lind, M.D,'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A129703, 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 R. Lind, M.D, prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Karen R. Lind, M.D, had 249 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Karen R. Lind, M.D,'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91 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.