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2026 NPPES data Primary Care Nurse Practitioner NPI 1851836464 NP
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Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 10,597 in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 252 beneficiaries · Primary Care Nurse Practitioner avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
35%
generic claims · 54% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
83.5/100
▲ 0 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$101.05
4 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Denise Brown, NP reported a CMS MIPS final score of 83.5/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,822 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 83.5/100
- MIPS score · +0 vs avg
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 35%
- generic prescribing
- $101.05
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Denise Brown, NP
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1851836464), first enumerated 01/05/2017.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,822 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 83.5/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$101.05 in reported industry payments (4 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1851836464 · Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NPI-10 · ENUM-RECENT · TAX-MID · MIPS-INLINE · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1851836464
- ENUM-RECENT 2017
- TAX-MID 11K Primary Care
- MIPS-INLINE 83.5/100
- RX-MID 1,822
- BOOK-THIN 162 in Minnesota
- PHOTO-FINISH Kabita Steiny · ±0.1
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Amber Sudduth · …
Amber Sudduth
83.4 MIPS pts
- Brown · this pro…
Brown · this provider
83.5 MIPS pts
- Nakia Edwards · …
Nakia Edwards
83.6 MIPS pts
- Kabita Steiny · …
Kabita Steiny
83.6 MIPS pts
- Jessica Smith · …
Jessica Smith
83.6 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Denise Brown, NP's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
84 ≥ 39th percentile 39% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Denise Brown, NP sits
This provider among primary care nurse practitioner peers
Across the 926 primary care nurse practitioner providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Denise Brown, NP writes more Part D claims than 73% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 40% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one primary care nurse practitioner peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Denise Brown, NP. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about Denise Brown, NP?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Medicare Part D claims
1,822 24% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
83.5/100 0 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Minnesota
How Primary Care Nurse Practitioner compares to other specialties among Minnesota providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Denise Brown, NP's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 83.5/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1851836464 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Primary Care Nurse Practitioner |
| Credentials | NP |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 01/05/2017 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
83.5331
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
81.7967
Quality
63.3136
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Denise Brown, NP bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Allina Health System
Annandale, MN
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Denise Brown, NP. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$101
Largest payer
Sequel Med Tech, LLC
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Brand-heavy
Denise Brown, NP - brand share 54.0%
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner average
54% brand-name claims vs 35% generic, on 1,822 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,822
Total Claims
$1.1M
Total Drug Cost
252
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 3,909.967
- Total Day Supply
- 115,458
- Brand vs Generic
- 54% brand / 35% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $989K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $9K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 69.9 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.75
- Gender Split
- 64% female / 36% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 42, 65-74: 141, 75-84: 54, 85+: 15
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Denise Brown, NP prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Metformin Hcl Er
Metformin Hcl Er
145 claims
- Mounjaro
Mounjaro
113 claims
- Lantus Solostar
Lantus Solostar
110 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
109 claims
- Jardiance
Jardiance
89 claims
- Ozempic
Ozempic
88 claims
- Metformin Hcl
Metformin Hcl
64 claims
- Alendronate Sodium
Alendronate Sodium
63 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Metformin Hcl Er Metformin Hcl | 145 |
| Mounjaro Tirzepatide | 113 |
| Lantus Solostar Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 110 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 109 |
| Jardiance Empagliflozin | 89 |
| Ozempic Semaglutide | 88 |
| Metformin Hcl | 64 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 63 |
| Trulicity Dulaglutide | 63 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle Pen Needle, Diabetic | 57 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Overview
How Denise Brown, NP fits within the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner landscape nationally.
10,597
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Providers in US
54
States with Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
1,471
Avg Claims per Provider
Denise Brown, NP's 1,822 claims are above the specialty average of 1,471.
Nationwide Primary Care Nurse Practitioner peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Brown, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (83.5 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2017)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Providers in Minnesota
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Minnesota, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Brown.
One of 162 Primary Care Nurse Practitioner providers enrolled in Minnesota, 5 are shown here.
Shafi Abdulle
CNP
Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Deborah Abiola
DNP,NP-C
Minnetonka, MN
Gina Ahlness
APRN ,CNP
Coon Rapids, MN
Lucky Amedu
NP
Minneapolis, MN
Sara Ames
CNP
Minneapolis, MN
Compare Primary Care Nurse Practitioner nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Denise Brown, NP's specialty? ▼
Denise Brown, NP specializes in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and practices in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Credentials: NP.
How much does Denise Brown, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Denise Brown, NP wrote 1,822 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.1M in drug costs for 252 beneficiaries.
What is Denise Brown, NP's Medicare quality score? ▼
Denise Brown, NP has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 83.5/100 (Quality: 81.8, Cost: 63.3). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Denise Brown, NP located? ▼
Denise Brown, NP is located at 825 NICOLLET MALL, Minneapolis, MN, 55402. Phone: (612) 333-8883.
What is Denise Brown, NP's NPI number? ▼
Denise Brown, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851836464, issued on 01/05/2017.
Does Denise Brown, NP prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Denise Brown, NP's prescribing is 54% brand-name and 35% generic drugs by claim count, with $989K in brand drug costs.
How many Primary Care Nurse Practitioner providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 10,597 Primary Care Nurse Practitioner providers across 54 states in the US. The average Primary Care Nurse Practitioner provider writes 1,471 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Denise Brown, NP prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Denise Brown, NP's most frequently prescribed drugs include Metformin Hcl Er, Mounjaro, Lantus Solostar. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Denise Brown, NP accept Medicare? ▼
Denise Brown, NP appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,822 Part D claims and 252 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Denise Brown, NP's credentials? ▼
Denise Brown, NP's NPI is 1851836464 with credentials NP. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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