Katie A. Stearns, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Wessington Springs, SD
Katie A. Stearns, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, and NPI 1467822262, issued on Oct 6, 2015. Check the license (South Dakota CP000988, as entered in NPPES) with the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katie A. Stearns
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- CP000988 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 602 1St St NE, Wessington Springs, SD 57382
- Phone
- (605) 539-1778
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2015
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (605) 539-9546
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151102000998); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 602 1St St NE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sara Cashman, CNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1881371359
- Kathryn Dean, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1154320547
- Thomas Dean, MDFamily Medicine Physician1952300345
- Lance Lim, MDFamily Medicine Physician1013914209
Verify Katie A. Stearns in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Dakota board licenses this profession
Search for license CP000988Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,508 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole96 claims
- Lisinopril89 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium75 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium75 claims
- Losartan Potassium63 claims
- Gabapentin53 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: $132.76
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Horizon Health Care IncWessington Springs, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katie A. Stearns among 862 family nurse practitioner records in South Dakota
Katie A. Stearns, FNP is one of 862 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in South Dakota. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 31% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 31% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2019 among the 615 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Wessington Springs
They are 4 of the 16 NPPES records with a practice address in Wessington Springs, and 862 family nurse practitioner records in South Dakota.
All 862 in South Dakota → Every provider in Wessington Springs → Family Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sara Cashman, CNPWessington Springs, SD 573821881371359
- Devan Hoekman, CNPWessington Springs, SD 573821912828526
- Meghan Torgerson, FNP-CWessington Springs, SD 573821134584584
- Berkley Erickson, CNPWagner, SD 573801619582699
- Kenzie Gant, DNP, FNPWagner, SD 573801750001970
- Ryan Kocer, CNPWagner, SD 573801356824148
- Lindsey Nedved, NP-CWagner, SD 573801013377944
- Melody OtteWagner, SD 573801649686080
Common questions
What is Katie A. Stearns, FNP's NPI number?
Katie A. Stearns, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467822262, issued on Oct 6, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katie A. Stearns, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 602 1St St NE, Wessington Springs, SD, 57382. Phone: (605) 539-1778. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katie A. Stearns, FNP's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number CP000988, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Katie A. Stearns, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katie A. Stearns, FNP had 1,508 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.