NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner · Corpus Christi, TX

Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Corpus Christi, Texas, and NPI 1508302852, issued on Jan 10, 2017. Check the license (Texas AP132974, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1508302852
Name
Caroline Nelson Garcia
Credential
FNP-C
Primary taxonomy
Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
License number
AP132974 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
345 S Water St FL 2, Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Phone
(361) 500-0600
Enumerated
Jan 10, 2017
Record last updated
Jun 23, 2023
Medicaid ID
374547302 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20170428000269); 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 345 S Water St FL 2

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

  1. Angelica Gonzalez, COTAOccupational Therapy Assistant1679285977

Verify Caroline Nelson Garcia in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas 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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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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $110.47

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AngioDynamics, Inc. 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.

  1. Caroline Garcia$110.47
  2. Specialty average$650.95

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

  1. Physicians UnityCorpus Christi, TX

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

Caroline Nelson Garcia among 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas

Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C is one of 21,242 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 36% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 36% of these records are older, 58% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 11,286 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 38% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

408 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Corpus Christi

They are 408 of the 5,600 NPPES records with a practice address in Corpus Christi, and 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas.

The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Pamela Easter-Witcher, FNPCorpus Christi, TX 784011255827952
  2. Crystal Pena, NPCorpus Christi, TX 784011841917085
  3. Karen Reese, MSN RN FNP-BCCorpus Christi, TX 784011558335059
  4. Karen SpencerCorpus Christi, TX 784011073964094
  5. Veronica Arevalo, LSA, APRN, FNP-BCCorpus Christi, TX 784041760736847
  6. Jami Dodson, FNP-CCorpus Christi, TX 784041942559331
  7. Allen Ford, MSN FNPCorpus Christi, TX 784041720270010
  8. Debra Guzman, NPCorpus Christi, TX 784041932514007

Common questions

What is Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C's NPI number?

Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508302852, issued on Jan 10, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 345 S Water St FL 2, Corpus Christi, TX, 78401. Phone: (361) 500-0600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number AP132974, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Caroline Nelson Garcia, FNP-C'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.