John Capehart Nicholls, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Asheville, NC
John Capehart Nicholls, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1174741920, issued on Apr 24, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2007-00559, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Capehart Nicholls
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 2007-00559 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 125 Hendersonville RD, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 398-3601
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2024
- Fax
- (828) 333-5465
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100510000554); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 125 Hendersonville RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify John Capehart Nicholls in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2007-00559Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
959 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Risperidone98 claims
- Clonazepam78 claims
- Aripiprazole65 claims
- Lamotrigine63 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate51 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl48 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Mountain Area Health Education Center IncAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Capehart Nicholls among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
John Capehart Nicholls, MD is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2007, is newer than 43% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 43% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2006 among the 744 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
110 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 110 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is John Capehart Nicholls, MD's NPI number?
John Capehart Nicholls, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174741920, issued on Apr 24, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Capehart Nicholls, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 125 Hendersonville RD, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 398-3601. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Capehart Nicholls, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2007-00559, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Capehart Nicholls, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Capehart Nicholls, MD had 959 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.