Dr. Karen Phillips , DC, LAC, RN
Acupuncturist β’ Scituate, MA
4 Bound Brook Ct
Scituate, MA 020661205
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
4 Bound Brook Ct
Scituate, MA 020661205
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Acupuncturist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
NPI first issued
2005
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Scituate and Massachusetts
6 active clinicians are listed under Acupuncturist with a practice address in Scituate, MA (1,283 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 171100000X
An acupuncturist is a person who performs ancient therapy for alleviation of pain, anesthesia and treatment of some diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points in order to treat painful conditions or produce anesthesia.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Social Worker - Clinical
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 4 BOUND BROOK CT, SCITUATE, MA 020661205 (Tel: 7815458566)
Registered at 16 ATHERTON RD, HULL, MA 020453128 (Tel: 7818253259)
Recorded as KAREN PHILLIPS, DC, LAC, RN
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: MA 2832)
Record officially reactivated for active practice on March 28, 2006
NPPES lists this NPI as deactivated as of March 23, 2006; the reason is not published.
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
16 Atherton Rd
Hull, MA 020453128
Phone: 7818253259