Colby Ponder
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Houston, MS
Colby Ponder is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Mississippi, and NPI 1023572294, issued on Jan 22, 2019. Check the license (Mississippi 903137, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Colby Ponder
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License number
- 903137 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 105 W Hamilton St, Houston, MS 38851
- Phone
- (662) 598-8141
- Enumerated
- Jan 22, 2019
- Record last updated
- Feb 13, 2023
- Fax
- (662) 796-3126
- Medicaid ID
- 00018203 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190506001159); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine, 2018
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records → All 624 in Mississippi → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 105 W Hamilton St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Andrea PoundsPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1275182818
- Whitney Tate, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1457834913
Verify Colby Ponder in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 903137Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
860 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lamotrigine91 claims
- Buspirone Hcl68 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl50 claims
- Mirtazapine49 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate46 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl44 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: $118.88
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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 one group practice
- Sound Mind Psychiatry PLLCNew Albany, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Colby Ponder among 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Mississippi
Colby Ponder is one of 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 74% 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 38% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 38% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2020 among the 366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 30% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Houston
They are 3 of the 58 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 624 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.
All 624 in Mississippi → Every provider in Houston → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Andrea PoundsHouston, MS 388511275182818
- Whitney Tate, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BCHouston, MS 388511457834913
- Molly McLain, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BCIuka, MS 388521174248843
- Tarunaben Patel, NPIuka, MS 388521346883162
- Paige Westmoreland, PMHNPMantachie, MS 388551932792207
- Magean Kemp, PMHNP-BCFulton, MS 388431255066940
- Jonathan Dodds, APRN PMHNP-BCRienzi, MS 388651417744046
- Kimberly Painter, PMHNP-BCSaltillo, MS 388661477354892
Common questions
What is Colby Ponder's NPI number?
Colby Ponder's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023572294, issued on Jan 22, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Colby Ponder located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 105 W Hamilton St, Houston, MS, 38851. Phone: (662) 598-8141. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Colby Ponder's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 903137, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Colby Ponder prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Colby Ponder had 860 Medicare Part D claims for 57 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.