Claire E. Nickless, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Missoula, MT
Claire E. Nickless, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Missoula, Montana, and NPI 1528570934, issued on Oct 26, 2017. Check the license (Montana 60002, as entered in NPPES) with the Montana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claire E. Nickless
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 60002 MT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 500 W Broadway St, Missoula, MT 59802
- Phone
- (406) 543-7271
- Enumerated
- Oct 26, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jun 22, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (406) 327-1834
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171101003379); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Duke University School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Claire E. Nickless in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Montana board licenses this profession
Search for license 60002Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
138 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Cefuroxime17 claims
- Eliquis11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Providence Health And Services MtMissoula, MT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Claire E. Nickless among 698 physician assistant records in Montana
Claire E. Nickless, PA-C is one of 698 physician assistant records with a practice address in Montana. 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 2017, is newer than 60% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 60% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2016 among the 514 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Montana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 physician assistant records list a practice address in Missoula
They are 119 of the 3,567 NPPES records with a practice address in Missoula, and 698 physician assistant records in Montana.
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Common questions
What is Claire E. Nickless, PA-C's NPI number?
Claire E. Nickless, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528570934, issued on Oct 26, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claire E. Nickless, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 500 W Broadway St, Missoula, MT, 59802. Phone: (406) 543-7271. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claire E. Nickless, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Montana license number 60002, as entered by the provider. Search the Montana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Claire E. Nickless, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Claire E. Nickless, PA-C had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.