Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner · Durham, NC
Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1598039539, issued on Mar 7, 2012. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Watson Vickers
- Credential
- MSN, RN, FNP-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 0024185207 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2530 Meridian Pkwy Ste 300, Durham, NC 27713
- Phone
- (984) 257-7565
- Enumerated
- Mar 7, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 4, 2024
- Fax
- (984) 257-0190
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240627000553); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2530 Meridian Pkwy Ste 300
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Karen Watson Vickers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,009 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 66 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Permethrin57 claims
- Gabapentin46 claims
- Lorazepam43 claims
- Sertraline Hcl29 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate27 claims
- Eliquis25 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: $56.92
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Universal Health CorporationSalem, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Watson Vickers among 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C is one of 6,631 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2012, is newer than 23% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 23% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2019 among the 4,000 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
283 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Durham
They are 283 of the 13,451 NPPES records with a practice address in Durham, and 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C's NPI number?
Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598039539, issued on Mar 7, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2530 Meridian Pkwy Ste 300, Durham, NC, 27713. Phone: (984) 257-7565. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C's license?
Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Watson Vickers, MSN, RN, FNP-C had 1,009 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.