Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX
Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1972119006, issued on Sep 23, 2020. Check the license (Texas 1014398, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kern J. Kelsick
- Credential
- NURSE PRACTITIONER
- Primary taxonomy
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
- License number
- 1014398 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1315 St Joseph Pkwy Ste 1005, Houston, TX 77002
- Phone
- (281) 888-0809
- Enumerated
- Sep 23, 2020
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (877) 559-7682
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kern J. Kelsick in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 1014398Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024
101 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 47% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Xarelto38 claims
- Clopidogrel20 claims
- Tramadol Hcl13 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: $1,093.37
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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.
Kern J. Kelsick among 3,239 acute care nurse practitioner records in Texas
Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER is one of 3,239 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 47% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 65% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 34% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
712 acute care nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER's NPI number?
Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972119006, issued on Sep 23, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1315 St Joseph Pkwy Ste 1005, Houston, TX, 77002. Phone: (281) 888-0809. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 1014398, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kern J. Kelsick, NURSE PRACTITIONER had 101 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. 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.