Candice Puckett Key, FNPC
Family Nurse Practitioner · King, NC
Candice Puckett Key, FNPC is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in King, North Carolina, and NPI 1467444679, issued on Aug 16, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 201946, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Candice Puckett Key
- Credential
- FNPC
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 201946 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Newsome Family Practice, King, NC 27021
- Phone
- (336) 716-2255
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 24, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (336) 983-3016
- Medicaid ID
- 7000668 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050511001013); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Candice Puckett Key in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 201946Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
4,957 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl604 claims
- Lorazepam385 claims
- Trazodone Hcl329 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate317 claims
- Clonazepam292 claims
- Olanzapine252 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $161.28
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. 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 3 group practices
- Curana Health OF North Carolina PLLCDurham, NC
- Northern Hospital District OF Surry CountyMount Airy, NC
- Physicians Eldercare PADurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Candice Puckett Key among 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Candice Puckett Key, FNPC is one of 6,631 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 98% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2019 among the 4,000 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 35% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in King
They are 4 of the 155 NPPES records with a practice address in King, and 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
All 6,631 in North Carolina → Every provider in King → Family Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Caroline Harbour, MSN, FNP-CKing, NC 270211447994157
- Sharmel Little, FNPKing, NC 270211881021798
- Joseph Sandusky, NP-CKing, NC 270211548547359
- Savannah Adams, FNP-CDobson, NC 270171720547193
- Hannah Creed, FNPDobson, NC 270171275180945
- Mark Gregson, FNPMadison, NC 270251942931209
- Christy Hawks, FNPMadison, NC 270251114310232
- Linda Hicks, RN,FNPDobson, NC 270171669069381
Common questions
What is Candice Puckett Key, FNPC's NPI number?
Candice Puckett Key, FNPC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467444679, issued on Aug 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Candice Puckett Key, FNPC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Newsome Family Practice, King, NC, 27021. Phone: (336) 716-2255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Candice Puckett Key, FNPC's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 201946, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Candice Puckett Key, FNPC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Candice Puckett Key, FNPC had 4,957 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Candice Puckett Key, FNPC's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.