Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner · Hickory, NC
Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1891188850, issued on Mar 13, 2015. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Deborah Tonnette Hicks
- Credential
- FNP-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- A092401 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2165 Medical Park Dr, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 324-2800
- Enumerated
- Mar 13, 2015
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180219000361); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Deborah Tonnette Hicks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
7,387 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 5,132 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen1,694 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,482 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl617 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er456 claims
- Gabapentin444 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl387 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 88.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $963.60
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Forte Bio-Pharma LLC. 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.
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
- Emergeortho PAHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Deborah Tonnette Hicks among 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C is one of 6,631 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 33% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2019 among the 4,000 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 35% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
94 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 94 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C's NPI number?
Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891188850, issued on Mar 13, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2165 Medical Park Dr, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 324-2800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C's license?
Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C had 7,387 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Deborah Tonnette Hicks, FNP-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.