Dr. Emhemmid Karem, MD

Dr. Karem practices at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Karem's NPI, 1639576838, was assigned on December 3, 2014. Dr. Karem holds Kentucky license 51111.

Dr. Karem's primary practice is Saint Joseph Hospital, at One Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY 40504 in Fayette County. The practice phone is (859) 313-1000. Dr. Karem also practices at St Joseph Hospital, 1 St Joseph Dr, Lexington, KY 40504.

Dr. Karem's primary practice is Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Karem is also affiliated with CommonSpirit - Saint Joseph Medical Center - East Lexington. The medical group on file is 24 On Physicians, PC. Dmand AI also links Dr. Karem to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Karem practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Karem's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Karem is licensed in Kentucky.

CMS data shows 312 Medicare services from Dr. Karem across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 104 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,153 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 104 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Karem in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 42 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.60, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Karem's median patient age at 75, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Karem wrote 124 Medicare Part D claims for 19 patients. 30% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 80 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $21,390 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 83 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Karem accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Karem, published from 2018 to 2019. 2019 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Karem has published most often in Respir Med Case Rep. Dr. Karem's most frequent co-authors are Hazim Said Bukamur, MD, Serag Fares, MD and Ibrahim M. Shahoub, MD.