Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner · Muscle Shoals, AL
Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and NPI 1518588037, issued on May 6, 2020. Check the license (Alabama 1-11649, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Abby Kay Hovater
- Credential
- CRNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 1-11649 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2410 Avalon Ave, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
- Phone
- (256) 386-0808
- Enumerated
- May 6, 2020
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2025
- Fax
- (256) 389-8904
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210106000139); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Abby Kay Hovater in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 1-11649Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
796 Medicare Part D claims for 199 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium62 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate27 claims
- Celecoxib23 claims
- Meloxicam23 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er22 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,015.24
71 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Antares Pharma, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Avalon Medical GroupMuscle Shoals, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Abby Kay Hovater among 1,442 nurse practitioner records in Alabama
Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP is one of 1,442 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Alabama. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 69% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 69% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2017 among the 848 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Muscle Shoals
They are 14 of the 279 NPPES records with a practice address in Muscle Shoals, and 1,442 nurse practitioner records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP's NPI number?
Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518588037, issued on May 6, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2410 Avalon Ave, Muscle Shoals, AL, 35661. Phone: (256) 386-0808. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 1-11649, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP had 796 Medicare Part D claims for 199 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.