Bernice V. Francis, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Portsmouth, VA
Bernice V. Francis, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Portsmouth, Virginia, and NPI 1104896976, issued on Jan 25, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 00241006640, as entered in NPPES) with the Virginia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bernice V. Francis
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 00241006640 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 640 North St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
- Phone
- (757) 397-1246
- Enumerated
- Jan 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (757) 397-0089
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070620000217); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bernice V. Francis in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Virginia board licenses this profession
Search for license 00241006640Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
7,070 Medicare Part D claims for 485 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate529 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium343 claims
- Losartan Potassium287 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium277 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide251 claims
- Simvastatin206 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: $536.72
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- First Care PCChesapeake, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bernice V. Francis among 6,474 family nurse practitioner records in Virginia
Bernice V. Francis, FNP is one of 6,474 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Virginia. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2019 among the 3,833 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Portsmouth
They are 62 of the 2,857 NPPES records with a practice address in Portsmouth, and 6,474 family nurse practitioner records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Bernice V. Francis, FNP's NPI number?
Bernice V. Francis, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104896976, issued on Jan 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bernice V. Francis, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 640 North St, Portsmouth, VA, 23704. Phone: (757) 397-1246. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bernice V. Francis, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 00241006640, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Bernice V. Francis, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bernice V. Francis, FNP had 7,070 Medicare Part D claims for 485 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.