Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD
Surgery Physician · Norfolk, VA
Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Norfolk, Virginia, and NPI 1497101901, issued on May 13, 2016. Check the license (Virginia 0101278590, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amber Nicole Carrier
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 0101278590 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 600 Gresham Dr Ste 8620, Norfolk, VA 23507
- Phone
- (757) 395-1600
- Enumerated
- May 13, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230814001067); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 600 Gresham Dr Ste 8620
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Ayan DasguptaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1972304848
Verify Amber Nicole Carrier in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101278590Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
170 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 34 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim27 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen25 claims
- Valganciclovir Hcl25 claims
- Prednisone17 claims
- Dapsone15 claims
- Atovaquone14 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $695.89
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Sentara Medical GroupNorfolk, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Virginia
There are 865 surgery physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497101901, issued on May 13, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 600 Gresham Dr Ste 8620, Norfolk, VA, 23507. Phone: (757) 395-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101278590, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD had 170 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Amber Nicole Carrier, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.