NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Victor Appau Karikari, D.O

Hospitalist Physician · Fayetteville, NC

Victor Appau Karikari, D.O is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1538692165, issued on Apr 10, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2025-02002, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1538692165
Name
Victor Appau Karikari
Credential
D.O
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
2025-02002 NC
008422 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1638 Owen Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304
Phone
(910) 615-5680
Enumerated
Apr 10, 2017
Record last updated
Aug 18, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200812003999); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Campbell Univ School Of Osteopathic Medicine, 2017
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1638 Owen Dr

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Chandar Abboy, M.D.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1275583585
  2. Rami Abdel Aziz, MDNeurology Physician1497252365
  3. Kamil Abdullah, MDHospitalist Physician1962082768
  4. Dennis Abedi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1073208484
  5. Chase Abernathy, PHARMDPharmacist1134018047
  6. Kim Abrams, DPMStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1548950652

Verify Victor Appau Karikari in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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1% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

516 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Victor Karikari516
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Cefdinir51 claims
  2. Ciprofloxacin Hcl26 claims
  3. Doxycycline Hyclate25 claims
  4. Prednisone25 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium22 claims
  6. Eliquis21 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 92.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%66.9
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%98.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Banner Hospital Based Physicians Arizona LLCSun City West, AZ
  2. Cumberland County Hospital System IncRaeford, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Victor Appau Karikari among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina

Victor Appau Karikari, D.O is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 73% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 73% of these records are older, 21% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kamil Abdullah, MDFayetteville, NC 283041962082768
  2. Vishnu Bayanagari, MDFayetteville, NC 283041356015507
  3. Abhishek Goel, MDFayetteville, NC 283041003548751
  4. Purushotham Gorrey, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041124044771
  5. Thanh Hoang, DOFayetteville, NC 283041316400401
  6. Saba Iqbal, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041710508148
  7. Oliver Olea, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041629023635
  8. Prutha Patel, DOFayetteville, NC 283041184364408

Common questions

What is Victor Appau Karikari, D.O's NPI number?

Victor Appau Karikari, D.O's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538692165, issued on Apr 10, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Victor Appau Karikari, D.O located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1638 Owen Dr, Fayetteville, NC, 28304. Phone: (910) 615-5680. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Victor Appau Karikari, D.O's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2025-02002, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Victor Appau Karikari, D.O prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Victor Appau Karikari, D.O had 516 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Victor Appau Karikari, D.O's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.