NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Bentrice Stephenson Heard

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Columbus, MS

Bentrice Stephenson Heard is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Columbus, Mississippi, and NPI 1891590816, issued on Feb 14, 2025. Check the license (Mississippi 894260, 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
1891590816
Name
Bentrice Stephenson Heard
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License number
894260 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2520 5TH St N, Columbus, MS 39705
Phone
(662) 889-5008
Enumerated
Feb 14, 2025
Record last updated
Feb 13, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250610002273); 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 2520 5TH St N

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

  1. Arthur Alencar, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1609610476
  2. John Atkins, CRNASpecialist1164520425
  3. Thomas Aycock, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1548203946
  4. Amina Azam, MBBSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1972427565
  5. Bipasha BaratStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1902720493
  6. James Barnes, PHARMDPharmacist1124731377

Verify Bentrice Stephenson Heard 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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Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle IncColumbus, MS

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

Bentrice Stephenson Heard among 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Mississippi

Bentrice Stephenson Heard 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 2025, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2025 · 84% of these records are older, 7% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2020 among the 366 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 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).

11 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Columbus

They are 11 of the 843 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.

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

  1. Dominique Jackson, PMHNP-CColumbus, MS 397051487487864
  2. Patricia Malone, PMHNP-BCColumbus, MS 397051073853388
  3. Mary Vaughn, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-CColumbus, MS 397051497164446
  4. Christopher Brown, PMHNP-BCColumbus, MS 397021942924154
  5. Shannon Coker, PMHNP-BCColumbus, MS 397021386598613
  6. Victoria Hargrove, NPColumbus, MS 397021164073227
  7. Cheryl Cooper, PMHNPColumbus, MS 397011174302830
  8. April CorcoranColumbus, MS 397011861009714

Common questions

What is Bentrice Stephenson Heard's NPI number?

Bentrice Stephenson Heard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891590816, issued on Feb 14, 2025. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Bentrice Stephenson Heard located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2520 5TH St N, Columbus, MS, 39705. Phone: (662) 889-5008. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Bentrice Stephenson Heard's license?

NPPES lists Mississippi license number 894260, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.