Dr. Karen Pham, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Pham
Dr. Karen Pham is a family medicine in Port Charlotte, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Pham performed 5,261 Medicare services across 3,738 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Pham received a total of $11,241 from 49 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 307 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Pham is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 667 | $86 | $264 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 577 | $8 | $17 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 393 | $10 | $21 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 349 | $13 | $27 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 345 | $8 | $16 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 300 | $16 | $34 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 228 | $80 | $171 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 223 | $125 | $266 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 221 | $26 | $54 |
| Annual depression screening | 201 | $18 | $38 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 200 | $10 | $19 |
| Vitamin D level test | 168 | $29 | $59 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 119 | $6 | $12 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 119 | $5 | $10 |
| Automated urinalysis | 110 | $2 | $4 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 93 | $3 | $6 |
| Magnesium level test | 88 | $7 | $13 |
| Phosphate level test | 80 | $5 | $9 |
| Urine culture, bacterial colony count | 64 | $8 | $16 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 48 | $15 | $30 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 48 | $19 | $39 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 45 | $130 | $370 |
| Folic acid level test | 43 | $14 | $29 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 42 | $282 | $575 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 42 | $30 | $64 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 41 | $10 | $31 |
| Kidney function blood test panel | 36 | $9 | $17 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 36 | $56 | $187 |
| Iron level test | 33 | $6 | $13 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 31 | $13 | $27 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 31 | $9 | $17 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 30 | $158 | $420 |
| Bacterial culture, aerobic | 27 | $8 | $16 |
| Antibiotic sensitivity test | 27 | $8 | $17 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 22 | $214 | $570 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 19 | $18 | $37 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 19 | $30 | $64 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 16 | $71 | $140 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 15 | $15 | $31 |
| Blood sodium level | 14 | $5 | $10 |
| Uric acid level test | 13 | $4 | $9 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 13 | $10 | $30 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 13 | $162 | $343 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 12 | $8 | $17 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 4% for family medicine in FL.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Pham is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 5% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 4%), with 20 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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