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Karen Leonia Walker, M.D.

NPI 1013208453ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Orlando, FL

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (M.D.) with Orlando Health Medical Group Inc, practicing in Orlando, Florida. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $175,383 for 214 patients in 2024, with only 30 Part D claims. Medtronic, Inc. was the largest of 9 companies reporting payments in 2025, $1,984 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Orlando Health and 2 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1013208453
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedApr 19, 2011
Last updated in NPPESFeb 18, 2020
Certified by providerFeb 18, 2020

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Primary208G00000XME142884FL

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Thoracic Surgery (FL)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients214
Services billed502 across 57 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$175,383

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)30 · 36 30-day fills
Patients24
Total drug cost$200.32
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2011
Medicare specialtyThoracic Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Other facilities

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$1,984 · 27 payments from 9 companies
  • 2024$11,553 · 44 payments from 10 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Medtronic, Inc.$590.989
Aop Health US, LLC$466.761
Atricure, Inc.$356.023
Abiomed$183.166
Helios Cardio Inc$145.911

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$1,984 · 27 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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