NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

April Ward

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Vicksburg, MS

April Ward is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and NPI 1649597345, issued on Apr 21, 2010. Check the license (Mississippi 906184, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1649597345
Name
April Ward
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License number
906184 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3444 Wisconsin Ave, Vicksburg, MS 39180
Phone
(601) 638-0031
Enumerated
Apr 21, 2010
Record last updated
Aug 21, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240515001176); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 3444 Wisconsin Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Michael AbrahamMental Health Counselor1609059898
  2. Jerri Adams, LMSWMental Health Counselor1164521910
  3. Sheree AhlvinMental Health Counselor1346421641
  4. Jmeiha AllenMental Health Counselor1255226510
  5. Peter AndersonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1417335118
  6. Namita Arora, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1922025360

Verify April Ward in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

388 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.

  1. April Ward388
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Abilify Maintena32 claims
  2. Trazodone Hcl27 claims
  3. Aripiprazole26 claims
  4. Quetiapine Fumarate21 claims
  5. Benztropine Mesylate20 claims
  6. Sertraline Hcl15 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: $626.82

48 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. April Ward$626.82
  2. Specialty average$1,027.77

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

  1. Warren Yazoo Mental Health ServiceVicksburg, MS

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

April Ward among 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Mississippi

April Ward is one of 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2010 · 12% of these records are older, 86% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2023 · median 2020 among the 366 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Vicksburg

They are 8 of the 708 NPPES records with a practice address in Vicksburg, and 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Donald Dearman, NURSE PRACTITIONERVicksburg, MS 391801679084024
  2. Natalie EdwardsVicksburg, MS 391801255733358
  3. Toni Ladner, PMHNP-BCVicksburg, MS 391801922374057
  4. Linda Thomas, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BCVicksburg, MS 391801750857769
  5. Cleopatra Williams, PMHNP-BCVicksburg, MS 391801487490629
  6. Lavinia Jones, CRNAVicksburg, MS 391831376584425
  7. Freda Kigen, PMHNP-BCVicksburg, MS 391831538998414
  8. Mercedes Peeples, PMHNP-BCVaiden, MS 391761639901523

Common questions

What is April Ward's NPI number?

April Ward's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649597345, issued on Apr 21, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is April Ward located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3444 Wisconsin Ave, Vicksburg, MS, 39180. Phone: (601) 638-0031. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify April Ward's license?

NPPES lists Mississippi license number 906184, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does April Ward prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, April Ward had 388 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.