Karim Kara, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Smyrna, GA
Karim Kara, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Smyrna, Georgia, and NPI 1548640980, issued on Jun 1, 2015. Check the license (Georgia 81081, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karim Kara
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 81081 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 562 Concord RD SE, Smyrna, GA 30082
- Phone
- (770) 384-9830
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2015
- Record last updated
- Aug 23, 2022
- Fax
- (770) 384-9912
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20181003002996); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 562 Concord RD SE
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Verify Karim Kara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 81081Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,838 Medicare Part D claims for 337 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 77 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate235 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium175 claims
- Metformin Hcl145 claims
- Losartan Potassium124 claims
- Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide121 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium116 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 92.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $788.71
42 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Wellstar Medical Group LLCKennesaw, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karim Kara among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia
Karim Kara, M.D. is one of 3,911 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2015, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 68% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2005 among the 2,535 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
20 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Smyrna
They are 20 of the 1,292 NPPES records with a practice address in Smyrna, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Adedayo Abioye, MDSmyrna, GA 300821316529852
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- Toni Burns, MDSmyrna, GA 300821639169238
- Lynda Dao, MDSmyrna, GA 300821861482176
- Esther Enohnyaket, MDSmyrna, GA 300821821677626
- Carla Neal-Haley, M.D.Smyrna, GA 300821306885397
- Michael Simpson, M.D.Smyrna, GA 300821205823184
- Faye Vargas Morris, M.D.Smyrna, GA 300821194707398
Common questions
What is Karim Kara, M.D.'s NPI number?
Karim Kara, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548640980, issued on Jun 1, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karim Kara, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 562 Concord RD SE, Smyrna, GA, 30082. Phone: (770) 384-9830. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karim Kara, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 81081, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karim Kara, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karim Kara, M.D. had 3,838 Medicare Part D claims for 337 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karim Kara, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.