Karla Marie Criner

Karla Criner practices at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, part of University of California Health.

Karla Criner's NPI, 1619321460, was assigned on April 18, 2016. Karla Criner graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 2016. Karla Criner holds California license A161544.

Karla Criner's primary practice is UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, at 1250 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 319-4000.

Karla Criner's primary practice is UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, part of University of California Health. Karla Criner is also affiliated with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCLA Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Karla Criner to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Karla Criner practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Rheumatology is Karla Criner's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Karla Criner is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Karla Criner's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Texas.

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, fluid in a joint, joint arthropathy, joint pain, lupus and muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain among the conditions Karla Criner treats.

CMS data shows 285 Medicare services from Karla Criner across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 98 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $21,164 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 98 Medicare patients who saw Karla Criner in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 45 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 39% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.57, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Karla Criner's median patient age at 53, with 70% women.

In 2024, Karla Criner wrote 488 Medicare Part D claims for 109 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 336 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $380,918 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 539 claims across 19 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Karla Criner for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Karla Criner accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Karla Criner as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Karla Criner, published from 2018 to 2019. Karla Criner's most frequent co-authors are Vibeke Strand, MD, Niti Goel, MD and Maria Eugenia Suarez-Almazor, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Karla Criner from 4 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $178.

Karla Criner graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 2016. Karla Criner is a member of ACR.

Karla Criner is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.