Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D.
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician · Ventura, CA
Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D. is a sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician with a practice address in Ventura, California, and NPI 1548226350, issued on Apr 21, 2006. Check the license (California C39284, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ferris Ray Nickel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician 207XX0005X
- License number
- C39284 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3525 Loma Vista RD Ste A, Ventura, CA 93003
- Phone
- (805) 641-6415
- Enumerated
- Apr 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 20, 2026
- Fax
- (805) 641-6424
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091221000189); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3525 Loma Vista RD Ste A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ferris Ray Nickel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C39284Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician in 2024
119 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 288 among the 2,562 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 60 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen34 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen19 claims
- Clindamycin Hcl13 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $488.73
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Trilliant Surgical LLC. The 2,400 providers of this specialty with any payment received $19,779.31 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
- Ventura Orthopedics Medical Group IncVentura, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ferris Ray Nickel among 384 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records in California
Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D. is one of 384 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records with a practice address in California. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2003 among the 293 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XX0005X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 384 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records in California.
All 384 in California → Every provider in Ventura → Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Petros Frousiakis, DOVentura, CA 930031932549219
- Fredrick Menninger, M.D.Ventura, CA 930031275599177
- Kentaro Suzuki, M.D.Ventura, CA 930031205090289
- Ali Motamedi, M.D.Camarillo, CA 930101295801744
- Mark Ghilarducci, M.D.Oxnard, CA 930301922063700
- Andrew Horn, MDOxnard, CA 930301497374128
- Thomas Wu, M.D.Oxnard, CA 930331568640720
- Daniel Davis, MDSimi Valley, CA 930651730150830
Common questions
What is Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548226350, issued on Apr 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3525 Loma Vista RD Ste A, Ventura, CA, 93003. Phone: (805) 641-6415. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C39284, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D. had 119 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries; the average among sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician prescribers was 288. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ferris Ray Nickel, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.