Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner · New York, NY
Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP is an adult health nurse practitioner with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1629201405, issued on Aug 27, 2009. Check the license (New York 309497, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gretchen Byars Ward
- Credential
- MSN, APRN, ANP
- Primary taxonomy
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner 363LA2200X
- License number
- 309497 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1283 York Ave, New York, NY 10065
- Phone
- (646) 697-0330
- Enumerated
- Aug 27, 2009
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210817002078); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 2007
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gretchen Byars Ward in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 309497Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average adult health nurse practitioner in 2024
482 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,280 among the 16,937 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Anastrozole190 claims
- Letrozole57 claims
- Tamoxifen Citrate40 claims
- Exemestane28 claims
- Verzenio21 claims
- Prochlorperazine Maleate20 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $32.60
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 12,291 providers of this specialty with any payment received $946.40 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
- Weill Medical College OF CornellNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gretchen Byars Ward among 6,028 adult health nurse practitioner records in New York
Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP is one of 6,028 adult health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New York. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 28% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 28% of these records are older, 69% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2016 among the 2,678 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2200X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,548 adult health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in New York
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Common questions
What is Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP's NPI number?
Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629201405, issued on Aug 27, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1283 York Ave, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (646) 697-0330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 309497, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP had 482 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries; the average among adult health nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,280. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gretchen Byars Ward, MSN, APRN, ANP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. 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.