Dr. Karin A. True, MD

Dr. True practices at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System.

Dr. True's NPI, 1730110065, was assigned on July 5, 2006. Dr. True graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1999.

Dr. True's primary practice is UNC Hospitals, at 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 in Orange County. The practice phone is (919) 966-4141.

Dr. True's primary practice is UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System. Dr. True is also affiliated with UNC Health Rex. The medical group on file is UNC Faculty Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. True to 3 more hospitals and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. True practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. True's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. True has a license on file in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 380 Medicare services from Dr. True across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 117 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,762 for them.

CMS counts 117 Medicare patients who saw Dr. True in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 60 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.02, 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. True's median patient age at 63, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. True wrote 1,405 Medicare Part D claims for 107 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,094 of them, across 40 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $81,280 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,205 claims across 41 drugs.

Dr. True accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. True as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. True, published from 2015 to 2022. The most frequent topics are Kidney Transplantation, Delivery of Health Care and Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Dr. True has published most often in Transplantation. Dr. True's most frequent co-authors are Randal K. Detwiler, MD, Fernando C. Fervenza, MD and Keisha Lashan Gibson, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 11 general payments to Dr. True from 7 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 47% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $1,869.

Dr. True graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1999.