NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN

Family Nurse Practitioner · Paducah, KY

Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Paducah, Kentucky, and NPI 1174097794, issued on Jan 16, 2019. Check the license (Kentucky 3012946, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1174097794
Name
Cessinee Nicole Thornton
Credential
APRN
Primary taxonomy
Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
License number
3012946 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
67 Lakeview Dr, Paducah, KY 42001
Phone
(270) 554-8373
Enumerated
Jan 16, 2019
Record last updated
Oct 18, 2022
Fax
(270) 554-8987
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190408002090); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 67 Lakeview Dr

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  3. Chaney Steele, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1720772296
  4. Michele Stroud, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1831523398
  5. Regina Wilkerson, APRNAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1346606860
  6. Karrie Williams, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1811437387

Verify Cessinee Nicole Thornton in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
    Search for license 3012946    Check the board
  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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96% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

2,560 Medicare Part D claims for 554 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Cessinee Thornton2,560
  2. Specialty average1,305

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium658 claims
  2. Omeprazole366 claims
  3. Famotidine174 claims
  4. Sucralfate169 claims
  5. Dicyclomine Hcl129 claims
  6. Linzess109 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: $509.39

18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, 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. Cessinee Thornton$509.39
  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. Mercy Health Physicians Kentucky Specialty Care LLCPaducah, KY

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

Cessinee Nicole Thornton among 5,545 family nurse practitioner records in Kentucky

Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN is one of 5,545 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 53% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 53% of these records are older, 39% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2018 among the 3,839 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 39% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

194 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Paducah

They are 194 of the 1,910 NPPES records with a practice address in Paducah, and 5,545 family nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.

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The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Natalie Brenningmeyer, ARNPPaducah, KY 420011851544167
  2. Tara Crumble, APRNPaducah, KY 420011801195466
  3. Heidi Davies, APRNPaducah, KY 420011063788479
  4. Robert Drish, APRNPaducah, KY 420011619907870
  5. Krista Fennel, ARNP, CFNPPaducah, KY 420011033398359
  6. Melissa Groves, APRNPaducah, KY 420011427320811
  7. Dianna Hand, ARNPPaducah, KY 420011336106079
  8. Gregory Kingston, APRNPaducah, KY 420011689710899

Common questions

What is Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN's NPI number?

Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174097794, issued on Jan 16, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 67 Lakeview Dr, Paducah, KY, 42001. Phone: (270) 554-8373. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN's license?

NPPES lists Kentucky license number 3012946, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Cessinee Nicole Thornton, APRN had 2,560 Medicare Part D claims for 554 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.