Kelly Nichols, APRN
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Paducah, KY
Kelly Nichols, APRN is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Paducah, Kentucky, and NPI 1447709159, issued on Sep 23, 2016. Check the license (Kentucky 3010752, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kelly Nichols
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
- License number
- 3010752 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2601 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY 42003
- Phone
- (270) 443-5564
- Enumerated
- Sep 23, 2016
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (270) 443-5549
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161025002462); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kelly Nichols in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license 3010752Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024
351 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Potassium Chloride54 claims
- Furosemide49 claims
- Mupirocin46 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate31 claims
- Clopidogrel30 claims
- Lisinopril22 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): 95.5 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: $522.56
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 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
- Baptist Health Medical Group IncPaducah, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kelly Nichols among 482 acute care nurse practitioner records in Kentucky
Kelly Nichols, APRN is one of 482 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 2016, is newer than 29% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 29% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2019 among the 387 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2100X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner providers in Kentucky
There are 482 acute care nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.
All 482 in Kentucky → Every provider in Paducah → Acute Care Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 acute care nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Dawn Benefiel, APRNPaducah, KY 420031609392406
- Pamela Green, APRNPaducah, KY 420031134291743
- Shauna JonesPaducah, KY 420031932038619
- Samantha Reed, NPPaducah, KY 420031558514570
- Sarah Richardson, APRNPaducah, KY 420031053154633
- Carla Sullivan, APRNPaducah, KY 420031841542941
- Terri Thompson, APRNPaducah, KY 420031306173778
- Annemarie Tutor, AGACNP-BCPaducah, KY 420031427806801
Common questions
What is Kelly Nichols, APRN's NPI number?
Kelly Nichols, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447709159, issued on Sep 23, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kelly Nichols, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2601 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY, 42003. Phone: (270) 443-5564. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kelly Nichols, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 3010752, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kelly Nichols, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kelly Nichols, APRN had 351 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kelly Nichols, APRN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.5 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.