Bret Anthony Nicks, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Bret Anthony Nicks, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1831173244, issued on Nov 30, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 200400721, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bret Anthony Nicks
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 200400721 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-2255
- Enumerated
- Nov 30, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 12, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 891365W NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040820000404); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bret Anthony Nicks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200400721Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
13 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bret Anthony Nicks among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Bret Anthony Nicks, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Bret Anthony Nicks, MD's NPI number?
Bret Anthony Nicks, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831173244, issued on Nov 30, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bret Anthony Nicks, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-2255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bret Anthony Nicks, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200400721, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bret Anthony Nicks, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bret Anthony Nicks, MD had 13 Medicare Part D claims; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.