Carissa Best, NP
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · New York, NY
Carissa Best, NP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1225627912, issued on Jan 16, 2021. Check the license (New York 403453, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carissa Best
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License numbers
- 403453 NY
RN1061066 DC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2488 Broadway Ste 1625, New York, NY 10025
- Phone
- (646) 946-6826
- Enumerated
- Jan 16, 2021
- Record last updated
- May 24, 2024
- Fax
- (929) 667-7379
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231121002882); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carissa Best in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 403453Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
38% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
1,251 Medicare Part D claims for 122 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Risperidone142 claims
- Sertraline Hcl113 claims
- Aripiprazole74 claims
- Olanzapine67 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate63 claims
- Trazodone Hcl54 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: $854.47
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 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 2 group practices
- Premier Healthcare IncNew York, NY
- Ryan-Chelsea Clinton Community Health CenterNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carissa Best among 4,129 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in New York
Carissa Best, NP is one of 4,129 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New York. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 63% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 46% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2021 among the 1,914 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 34% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers in New York
There are 4,129 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in New York.
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The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Abel, NURSE PRACTITIONERNew York, NY 100251215184445
- Randi Adelman, N.P.New York, NY 100251871632414
- Elizabeth Cahn, NPPNew York, NY 100251932324662
- Shirlee Cohen, MS, MPH, NP/NPP, CCRNew York, NY 100251497992721
- Jeanne Cummings, NPNew York, NY 100251447285184
- Grissel Hernandez, APRN, NP-P, BCNew York, NY 100251619095759
- Jennifer Jennings, DNPNew York, NY 100251952557522
- Gene McCullough, RN,NPNew York, NY 100251629068655
Common questions
What is Carissa Best, NP's NPI number?
Carissa Best, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225627912, issued on Jan 16, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carissa Best, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2488 Broadway Ste 1625, New York, NY, 10025. Phone: (646) 946-6826. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carissa Best, NP's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 403453, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Carissa Best, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carissa Best, NP had 1,251 Medicare Part D claims for 122 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.