Karen Smith CRNA
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1528126836 is registered to Karen Smith CRNA, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist practising at 680 N Lake Shore Dr, Suite 1000 in Chicago, Illinois. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Karen Smith CRNA has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2006.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 2,513 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist providers on file in Illinois.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20070205000341Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)IL
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Karen Smith CRNA accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Karen Smith CRNA directly at (312) 695-9797.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1528126836 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (312) 695-9797.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Karen Smith CRNA is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 2,513 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist providers are registered in Illinois, and Karen Smith CRNA is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.