Karen F. Meckler, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Columbia, MD
Karen F. Meckler, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Columbia, Maryland, and NPI 1396800959, issued on Dec 26, 2006. Check the license (Maryland D0031452, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen F. Meckler
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- D0031452 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9650 Santiago RD, Columbia, MD 21045
- Phone
- (410) 964-2206
- Enumerated
- Dec 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (410) 964-2237
- Medicaid ID
- 281371800 MD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040716000446); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 1983
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen F. Meckler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D0031452Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,949 Medicare Part D claims for 107 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam232 claims
- Lamotrigine126 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate123 claims
- Alprazolam121 claims
- Bupropion Xl112 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl104 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: $566.43
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen F. Meckler among 1,451 psychiatry physician records in Maryland
Karen F. Meckler, M.D. is one of 1,451 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 63% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 63% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 36% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2000 among the 525 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 60% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
47 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 47 of the 6,690 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,451 psychiatry physician records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Karen F. Meckler, M.D.'s NPI number?
Karen F. Meckler, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396800959, issued on Dec 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen F. Meckler, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9650 Santiago RD, Columbia, MD, 21045. Phone: (410) 964-2206. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen F. Meckler, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D0031452, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen F. Meckler, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen F. Meckler, M.D. had 1,949 Medicare Part D claims for 107 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.