Barbara Nightingale, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Barbara Nightingale, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1083925903, issued on Jun 25, 2010. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD447527, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Barbara Nightingale
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- MD447527 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1908 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
- Phone
- (412) 578-8083
- Enumerated
- Jun 25, 2010
- Record last updated
- Nov 7, 2025
- Fax
- (412) 209-4463
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150623001154); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Drexel University College Of Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1908 Wylie Ave
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Verify Barbara Nightingale in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD447527Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Most of these Medicare Part D claims are vaccines, 52% of the cost of the top drugs
172 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 54% of claims.
Most prescribed
Pharmacies often give vaccines under a standing order that names one clinician, and CMS counts every such claim under that clinician's NPI. These claims are therefore not a measure of this clinician's own prescribing.
- Adacel Tdap28 claims
- Abrysvo13 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone13 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 77.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $19,987.34
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Csl Plasma Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- University OF Pittsburgh PhysiciansPittsburgh, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Barbara Nightingale among 2,662 psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania
Barbara Nightingale, MD is one of 2,662 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% 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 62% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 62% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2003 among the 1,186 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
324 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Pittsburgh
They are 324 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 2,662 psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Barbara Nightingale, MD's NPI number?
Barbara Nightingale, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083925903, issued on Jun 25, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Barbara Nightingale, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1908 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. Phone: (412) 578-8083. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Barbara Nightingale, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD447527, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Barbara Nightingale, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Barbara Nightingale, MD had 172 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Barbara Nightingale, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.