Karina Busch, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Elizabethtown, KY
Karina Busch, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and NPI 1194765891, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 40177, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karina Busch
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 40177 KY
TP426 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 913 N Dixie Ave, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
- Phone
- (877) 783-6257
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 4, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 64118433 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060111000734); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karina Busch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 40177Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
309 Medicare Part D claims for 110 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide52 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate45 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass28 claims
- Ssd21 claims
- Levofloxacin20 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl14 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): 95.5 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: $185.89
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Baptist Health Medical Group IncElizabethtown, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karina Busch among 903 emergency medicine physician records in Kentucky
Karina Busch, MD is one of 903 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2011 among the 557 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 52% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Elizabethtown
They are 21 of the 1,781 NPPES records with a practice address in Elizabethtown, and 903 emergency medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Karina Busch, MD's NPI number?
Karina Busch, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194765891, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karina Busch, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 913 N Dixie Ave, Elizabethtown, KY, 42701. Phone: (877) 783-6257. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karina Busch, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 40177, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karina Busch, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karina Busch, MD had 309 Medicare Part D claims for 110 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karina Busch, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.5 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.