In 2023, Dr. Karen Hand, MD performed more nerve surgery, open carpal tunnel surgery, trigger finger surgery, and upper extremity surgery procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of providers in related specialties within Alabama.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, fracture surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	150
fracture surgery	15
hospital care	59
immobilization	14
inpatient care	59
lower extremity surgery	15

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	69
Female	158

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	198
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	66
From 75 to 84	67
85 and over	41
Less than 65	53

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	30
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	29
Diabetes	39
Dementia	22
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, fracture surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	131
fracture surgery	15
hospital care	71
inpatient care	71
lower extremity surgery	15

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	68
Female	130

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	168
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	62
From 75 to 84	57
85 and over	38
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	24
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	32
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	36
Dementia	22
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	83
hospital care	56
inpatient care	56

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	98
Female	218

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	258
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	98
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	68
Less than 65	54

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	40
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	46
Dementia	30
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, fracture surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	80
fracture surgery	28
hospital care	32
inpatient care	32
joint surgery	13
lower extremity surgery	28
open surgery	13
reconstructive surgery	13

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	44
Female	130

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	155
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	37
From 75 to 84	65
85 and over	44
Less than 65	28

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	45
Asthma	38
Osteoperosis	30
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	41
Dementia	34
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2017 were fracture surgery, lower extremity surgery, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	64
fracture surgery	26
hospital care	18
inpatient care	18
joint surgery	12
lower extremity surgery	26
open surgery	12
reconstructive surgery	12

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	98

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	112
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	47
From 75 to 84	40
85 and over	28
Less than 65	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	25
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	43
Dementia	34
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, fracture surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	59
fracture surgery	19
hospital care	21
inpatient care	21
lower extremity surgery	19

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	53
Female	92

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	129
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	46
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	30
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	47
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	26
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	40
Dementia	29
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2019 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	13
hospital care	19
inpatient care	19

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	48

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	21
85 and over	15
Less than 65	12

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	25
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	32
Diabetes	45
Dementia	39
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	107

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	29
Female	48

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	63
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	33
From 75 to 84	21
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2020

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2021 were injections, upper extremity surgery, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	29
decompression surgery	36
doctor visit	545
injections	105
minimally invasive procedures	15
nerve procedures	36
open surgery	21
tendon surgery	17
upper extremity surgery	53

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	140
Female	250

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	326
Black	48
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	187
From 75 to 84	126
85 and over	32
Less than 65	45

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	34
Dementia	9
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL during 2022 were injections, upper extremity surgery, aspiration and tendon surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	36
decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	451
injections	108
musculoskeletal imaging	15
nerve procedures	19
open surgery	19
tendon surgery	31
upper extremity surgery	50
X-rays	15

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	156
Female	266

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	362
Black	41
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	212
From 75 to 84	144
85 and over	24
Less than 65	42

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	36
Dementia	4
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Karen Hand, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated as an orthopedic traumatologist in Birmingham, AL were injections, upper extremity surgery, inpatient care and hospital care.

aspiration	32
decompression surgery	27
doctor visit	168
fracture surgery	20
hospital care	39
immobilization	14
injections	106
inpatient care	39
joint surgery	12
lower extremity surgery	20
minimally invasive procedures	15
musculoskeletal imaging	15
nerve procedures	27
open surgery	16
reconstructive surgery	12
tendon surgery	24
upper extremity surgery	51
X-rays	15

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD.

**Gender**
Male	71
Female	143

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	8
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	177
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	68
85 and over	32
Less than 65	32
65 to 74	81

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Karen Hand, MD From 2013 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Karen Hand, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	22
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	39
Atrial Fibrillation	17
Cancer	10
Dementia	22

Education & Training

She has a state license in North Carolina.

Licensed In: North Carolina

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Karen Hand, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
PRIME SURGICAL, LLC	$2,719 $2,719
Arthrex, Inc.	$1,583 $1,583
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	$1,456 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS $1,456
AXOGEN	$952 AxoGuard Nerve Protector $510	AxoGuard Nerve Connector $442
Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc	$805 Ensemble CMC $805
Other	$2,426 Hip $267	Exparel $146	Ultrasound Bone Healing $125	VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS $123	None $121	Other $1,646