Karen B. Steele, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Columbia, SC
Karen B. Steele, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1760442727, issued on Mar 24, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 1063, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen B. Steele
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License number
- 1063 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204
- Phone
- (803) 454-2613
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 24, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 765-1732
- Medicaid ID
- AN0830 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050707000748); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2435 Forest Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Karen B. Steele in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1063Check 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 0 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Columbia Eye Clinic PAColumbia, SC
- Concordia Anesthesiology IncColumbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen B. Steele among 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Carolina
Karen B. Steele, CRNA is one of 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2012 among the 1,415 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
166 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 166 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Carolina.
All 1,868 in South Carolina → Every provider in Columbia → Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist nationwide →
The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Kelley Evans, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041528028669
- Melinda Gibson, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041851351936
- Kerin Harris, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041053371013
- Elizabeth Huggins, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041639132582
- Dianne JenkinsColumbia, SC 292041003876145
- Virginia Kearse, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041225098379
Common questions
What is Karen B. Steele, CRNA's NPI number?
Karen B. Steele, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760442727, issued on Mar 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen B. Steele, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC, 29204. Phone: (803) 454-2613. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen B. Steele, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 1063, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Karen B. Steele, CRNA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 0 of 100. 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.