---
type: Clinician
title: "Lorie Kmetz, MSN, RN, FNP-C"
description: Board-certified family nurse practitioner providing primary care and medication-assisted treatment at CARMAhealth; also Director of Clinical Quality.
resource: https://carmahealth.com/providers/lorie-kmetz
tags: [carmahealth, clinician, family-nurse-practitioner, addiction-medicine]
timestamp: 2026-07-08T20:00:00Z
---

# Lorie Kmetz, MSN, RN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner at [CARMAhealth](../carmahealth.md).

## Role

Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner providing primary care and medication-assisted treatment. Also serves as Director of Clinical Quality and heads CARMAhealth's Be Well Texas program for uninsured patients with substance use disorders. Page title places her in Austin, TX.

## Education & training

- **Board certifications:** Family Nurse Practitioner-Certified (FNP-C), American Association of Nurse Practitioners; Addiction Medicine, Addictions Nursing Certification Board.
- **Nursing education:** Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), The University of Texas at Austin, graduated with honors (2020).
- **Advanced degree:** Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focused on substance use disorders and health policy.
- **Clinical experience:** Seven years as a registered nurse in inpatient and outpatient oncology; former Clinical Nurse Navigator coordinating care for oncology patients with concurrent mental health and substance use challenges.

## Areas of focus

Whole-person primary care and treatment of [substance use disorders](../conditions/substance-use-disorder.md), including care for uninsured patients through the Be Well Texas program.

## Services

- [Primary care](../services/primary-care.md)
- [Medication-assisted treatment](../services/medication-assisted-treatment.md)
- [Medication management](../services/medication-management.md)
- [Telehealth](../services/telehealth.md)

## Locations

- [Austin, TX](../locations/austin-tx.md) (per page title; specific office not stated in the bio body)

## Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish.

## Sources

- Canonical: https://carmahealth.com/providers/lorie-kmetz — Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- Mirror: https://mr.carmahealth.com/providers/lorie-kmetz — Retrieved 2026-07-08.