Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Hickory, NC
Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1538511225, issued on Jul 6, 2016. Check the license (North Carolina 5008694, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francis Sterling Penland
- Credential
- PMHNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License number
- 5008694 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 327 1St Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (828) 695-5900
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2016
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 695-4256
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161004001765); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Francis Sterling Penland in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5008694Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
14,189 Medicare Part D claims for 778 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam798 claims
- Alprazolam719 claims
- Trazodone Hcl662 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate651 claims
- Lamotrigine481 claims
- Buspirone Hcl467 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: $2,910.10
169 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
- The Mental Health Fund IncHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Francis Sterling Penland among 1,491 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP is one of 1,491 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 29% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 29% of these records are older, 69% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2021 among the 834 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 18% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 23 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 1,491 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
All 1,491 in North Carolina → Every provider in Hickory → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Alicia Buck, PMHNP-BCHickory, NC 286011649996828
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- Kendra Divens, PMHNP-BCHickory, NC 286011053293662
- Audrey Duncan, APRN, PMHNP-BCHickory, NC 286011639063605
- Kaitlyn Florence, PMHNP-BCHickory, NC 286011962174359
- Stacey Holmes, PMHNPHickory, NC 286011801664271
- Kenneth Levesque, PMHNP-BCHickory, NC 286011730768896
- Meghan Morris, PMHNP-CHickory, NC 286011285507657
Common questions
What is Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP's NPI number?
Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538511225, issued on Jul 6, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 327 1St Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (828) 695-5900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5008694, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP had 14,189 Medicare Part D claims for 778 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.