Dr. Karl W. Sorenson, MD

  • Needham, MA
  • General surgeon
NPI1710952437PAC ID1850473141
Medicare services, 2024
2,808
Medicare patients, 2024
300
Part D claims, 2024
240
MIPS score, 2024
88
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
148 Chestnut St, Needham, MA 02492
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Primary practice

The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Needham, Massachusetts

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Dr. Karl W. Sorenson is a general surgeon in Needham, Massachusetts

Dr. Sorenson practices at The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD in Needham, Massachusetts.

Dr. Sorenson's NPI, 1710952437, was assigned on February 17, 2006. Dr. Sorenson holds Massachusetts license 75031.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1850473141
NPI enumeration date
February 17, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
73
Medical school graduation
1979

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson practices at The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD in Needham, Massachusetts

Dr. Sorenson's primary practice is The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD, at 148 Chestnut St, Needham, MA 02492.

  • The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD
    148 Chestnut St, Needham, MA 02492

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Dr. Karl W. Sorenson is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Sorenson's primary practice is The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Sorenson is also affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham. The medical group on file is Healogics Specialty Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sorenson to 1 more skilled nursing facility, named with a free account.

The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPDAcute Care Hospital outpatient department · Needham, MassachusettsPrimary
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-NeedhamAcute care hospital, Needham, MAHealogics Specialty PhysiciansSurgery group, Jacksonville, FL1 skilled nursing facilityName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Karl W. Sorenson's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Karl W. Sorenson is one of 732 general surgeons in Massachusetts

Surgery is Dr. Sorenson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Sorenson is licensed in Massachusetts.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, MassachusettsPrimaryLicense 75031 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Sorenson

Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

732general surgeons in Massachusetts
5general surgeons in Needham

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson billed Medicare for 2,808 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,808 Medicare services from Dr. Sorenson across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 300 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $151,863 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20242,808
Medicare patients300
Paid by Medicare$151,863
Procedure codes10

Dr. Sorenson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 1,2802024: 1,2334%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9352024: 1,07215%
Other services
2023: 02024: 448
Tests and treatments
2023: 372024: 5549%

Dr. Sorenson compared with the Massachusetts median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Sorenson
  • Massachusetts median
Medicare services
2,808vs 20014.0 times
Medicare patients
300vs 15297% above
Part D claims
190vs 228.6 times

Medians across 688 general surgeons in Massachusetts with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sorenson's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson treated 300 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 80

CMS counts 300 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sorenson in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 116 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.65, 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. Sorenson's median patient age at 77, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024300
Average age80
Average risk score2.65
Also on Medicaid22%

Dr. Sorenson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Sorenson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women17960%
  • Men12140%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Sorenson's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis58%
  4. Chronic kidney disease48%
  5. Heart failure40%
  6. Ischemic heart disease39%
  7. Atrial fibrillation38%
  8. Diabetes38%

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Dr. Sorenson's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 77

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men44%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson wrote 240 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sorenson wrote 240 Medicare Part D claims for 104 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 190 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,728 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 200 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024240
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$4,728
Part D patients104

Dr. Sorenson's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic224 claims93%
  • Brand-name16 claims7%

Dr. Sorenson's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Sorenson's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics67%160 of 240 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2002024: 1905%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 5 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson scored 88 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Sorenson for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Sorenson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 688 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Sorenson, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Sorenson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 88of 100Final score
  • 63of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Sorenson ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of tissue
98th percentile688 procedures
Removal of skin lesions
78th percentile169 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Karl W. Sorenson received $17 in industry payments in 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Sorenson from 1 drug or device company in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. LifeNet Health paid the most, $17.

Companies that paid Dr. Sorenson the most, 2025 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Karl W. Sorenson's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Karl W. Sorenson's NPI number?

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson's NPI number is 1710952437. It was assigned on February 17, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Karl W. Sorenson?

Dr. Karl W. Sorenson is a general surgeon in Needham, Massachusetts. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Karl W. Sorenson practice?

Dr. Sorenson practices at 148 Chestnut St, Needham, MA 02492. Dr. Sorenson's primary practice is The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physical Therapy - HOPD in Needham, Massachusetts. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sorenson to 1 skilled nursing facility.

What is Dr. Karl W. Sorenson's medical license number?

Dr. Sorenson holds Massachusetts license 75031.

Which hospitals is Dr. Karl W. Sorenson affiliated with?

Dr. Sorenson is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham.

What medical group is Dr. Karl W. Sorenson part of?

Dr. Sorenson is linked to Healogics Specialty Physicians.

Does Dr. Karl W. Sorenson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sorenson billed Medicare for 2,808 services in 2024, and Dr. Sorenson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Karl W. Sorenson's MIPS score?

Dr. Sorenson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 88 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Karl W. Sorenson see?

CMS counts 300 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sorenson in 2024, with an average age of 80.

What services does Dr. Karl W. Sorenson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sorenson's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (11042), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G2211).

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What drugs does Dr. Karl W. Sorenson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sorenson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Doxycycline Hyclate, Betamethasone Valerate and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass.

Has Dr. Karl W. Sorenson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $17 in general payments to Dr. Sorenson from 1 company from 2025 to 2025. The largest total came from LifeNet Health.

How long has Dr. Karl W. Sorenson been practicing?

Dr. Sorenson graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

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