Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Torrance, CA
Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Torrance, California, and NPI 1609458587, issued on Apr 21, 2021. Check the license (California A184730, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Elizabeth Tate
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A184730 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 W Carson St Bldg D-9, Torrance, CA 90502
- Phone
- (424) 306-5400
- Enumerated
- Apr 21, 2021
- Record last updated
- Mar 31, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240409001170); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Elizabeth Tate in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A184730Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
59 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Southern California Emergency Medical GroupSan Pedro, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Elizabeth Tate among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD 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 2021, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
197 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Torrance
They are 197 of the 8,901 NPPES records with a practice address in Torrance, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD's NPI number?
Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609458587, issued on Apr 21, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 W Carson St Bldg D-9, Torrance, CA, 90502. Phone: (424) 306-5400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A184730, 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 Elizabeth Tate, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Elizabeth Tate, MD had 59 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.