Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D.
Optometrist · Kansas City, KS
Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1326035098, issued on Sep 28, 2005. Check the license (Kansas 1425-3, as entered in NPPES) with the Kansas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Suzanne Stephens
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1425-3 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9501 State Ave, Kansas City, KS 66111
- Phone
- (913) 299-7200
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (913) 334-4451
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100901000105); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri St Louis - School Of Optometry, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Suzanne Stephens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kansas board licenses this profession
Search for license 1425-3Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
45 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost29 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Coble Eye Associates,p.a.Kansas City, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Suzanne Stephens among 715 optometrist records in Kansas
Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D. is one of 715 optometrist records with a practice address in Kansas. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 86% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 500 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 74% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Kansas
There are 715 optometrist records in Kansas.
All 715 in Kansas → Every provider in Kansas City → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mark Coble, ODKansas City, KS 661111053307702
- Brian Coble, O.D.Kansas City, KS 661111376899047
- David Russell, O.D.Kansas City, KS 661121578564522
- Brian Stephens, O.D.Kansas City, KS 661121154325025
- Samantha Rau, ODKansas City, KS 661091295576874
- Matthew Siemer, O.D.Kansas City, KS 661021215168141
- Michael Sosinski, ODKansas City, KS 661021164837993
- Christopher Franken, O.D.Troy, KS 660871811906936
Common questions
What is Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D.'s NPI number?
Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326035098, issued on Sep 28, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9501 State Ave, Kansas City, KS, 66111. Phone: (913) 299-7200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 1425-3, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Suzanne Stephens, O.D. had 45 Medicare Part D claims; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. 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.