Sara Nicole Karnes, MD
Psychiatry Physician · New Orleans, LA
Sara Nicole Karnes, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1174150023, issued on Mar 23, 2020. Check the license (Louisiana 323091, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Nicole Karnes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 323091 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1542 Tulane Ave RM 231, New Orleans, LA 70112
- Phone
- (504) 568-6004
- Enumerated
- Mar 23, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jul 12, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 2525654 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240821000350); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2018
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1542 Tulane Ave RM 231
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Sara Nicole Karnes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 323091Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
335 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl35 claims
- Mirtazapine33 claims
- Buspirone Hcl23 claims
- Clonazepam19 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl19 claims
- Propranolol Hcl18 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: $914.01
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Louisiana State University School OF Medicine IN New Orleans Faculty GNew Orleans, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Nicole Karnes among 583 psychiatry physician records in Louisiana
Sara Nicole Karnes, MD is one of 583 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 48% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 279 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
226 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 226 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 583 psychiatry physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Sara Nicole Karnes, MD's NPI number?
Sara Nicole Karnes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174150023, issued on Mar 23, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Nicole Karnes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1542 Tulane Ave RM 231, New Orleans, LA, 70112. Phone: (504) 568-6004. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Nicole Karnes, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 323091, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sara Nicole Karnes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Nicole Karnes, MD had 335 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.