Karen Young, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Tallahassee, FL
Karen Young, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Tallahassee, Florida, and NPI 1457362501, issued on Aug 11, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME73488, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Young
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- ME73488 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2280 Wednesday Street, Tallahassee, FL 32308
- Phone
- (850) 201-4733
- Enumerated
- Aug 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (850) 201-4939
- Medicaid ID
- 252685900 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040712001536); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2280 Wednesday Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Aaron Appiah, MDRetina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician1568473619
Verify Karen Young in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME73488Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
2,737 Medicare Part D claims for 455 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lumigan400 claims
- Timolol Maleate280 claims
- Travoprost280 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol214 claims
- Latanoprost206 claims
- Restasis134 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: $1,424.73
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lumenis BE inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Capital Eye Consultants PATallahassee, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Karen Young, MD's NPI number?
Karen Young, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457362501, issued on Aug 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Young, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2280 Wednesday Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32308. Phone: (850) 201-4733. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Young, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME73488, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Young, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Young, MD had 2,737 Medicare Part D claims for 455 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. 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.