Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Karen J Freshwater, PA-C

Individual provider Medical Physician Assistant · NPI 1467685982

Karen J Freshwater, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Qualified in 2009, 17 years ago. Practices with Bronson Methodist Hospital, a 719-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Michigan.

Years since qualifying
17
Licensed in
MI
In the registry since
2009
What do these letters mean?
PA-C — Physician Assistant, Certified
A physician assistant who holds current national certification.

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Practice location Address checks out

601 John St Ste M124
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5341
Phone: (269) 341-7500
Fax: (269) 341-7540
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Specialties & licences

Medical Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363AM0700X · Licence 5601005575 (MI)

Record details

NPI number1467685982
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 1, 2009
Last updated in NPPESNovember 27, 2023
Certification dateOctober 7, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2009 (17 years in practice)
Group practice Bronson Methodist Hospital — 719 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients130
Services billed 565 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age70

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $2,782 1 payment
Food and Beverage $2,039 51 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $551 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Bronson Methodist Hospital

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 719 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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