Kari Sass Bakke
Nurse Practitioner · Excelsior, MN
Kari Sass Bakke is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Excelsior, Minnesota, and NPI 1962069658, issued on May 29, 2019. Check the license (Minnesota 7590, as entered in NPPES) with the Minnesota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kari Sass Bakke
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- 7590 MN
2059295 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 464 2ND St Ste 204, Excelsior, MN 55331
- Phone
- (612) 787-8408
- Enumerated
- May 29, 2019
- Record last updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210204000820); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kari Sass Bakke in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Minnesota board licenses this profession
Search for license 7590Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
1,561 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 771 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pregabalin242 claims
- Buprenorphine209 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl192 claims
- Belbuca169 claims
- Gabapentin150 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl127 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Rehabilitation Medicine Associates LLCExcelsior, MN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kari Sass Bakke among 2,582 nurse practitioner records in Minnesota
Kari Sass Bakke is one of 2,582 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Minnesota. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 66% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2017 among the 1,655 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Minnesota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Excelsior
They are 3 of the 210 NPPES records with a practice address in Excelsior, and 2,582 nurse practitioner records in Minnesota.
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Common questions
What is Kari Sass Bakke's NPI number?
Kari Sass Bakke's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962069658, issued on May 29, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kari Sass Bakke located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 464 2ND St Ste 204, Excelsior, MN, 55331. Phone: (612) 787-8408. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kari Sass Bakke's license?
NPPES lists Minnesota license number 7590, as entered by the provider. Search the Minnesota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kari Sass Bakke prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kari Sass Bakke had 1,561 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kari Sass Bakke's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.