NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA

Physician Assistant · Bedford, TX

Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Bedford, Texas, and NPI 1740265560, issued on Dec 14, 2005. Check the license (Texas PA04422, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740265560
Name
Kirstin Dawn Pickens
Credential
PA
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
PA04422 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2425 Highway 121, Bedford, TX 76021
Phone
(817) 540-4477
Enumerated
Dec 14, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 16, 2024
Fax
(817) 510-0185
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050301000652); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2425 Highway 121

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Mason BadourPhysician Assistant1437001427
  2. Katherine Bartush, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1396188694
  3. Scott Bulger, PTPhysical Therapist1073989612
  4. Jennifer Drown, MAT, ATC, LATAthletic Trainer1326403742
  5. Benjamin Drury, MDSurgery of the Hand (Surgery) Physician1942274899
  6. Madison Durocher, MS, LAT, ATCAthletic Trainer1336607779

Verify Kirstin Dawn Pickens in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.9 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score74.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%57.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $122.35

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pylant Medical. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Kirstin Pickens$122.35
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. Texas Orthopedic Specialists, PLLCBedford, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kirstin Dawn Pickens among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas

Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 97% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

27 physician assistant records list a practice address in Bedford

They are 27 of the 1,100 NPPES records with a practice address in Bedford, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lauren Atwood, PA-CBedford, TX 760211922529841
  2. Ashley Banda, PA-CBedford, TX 760211467762773
  3. Michael Clark, PABedford, TX 760211326006834
  4. Carrie Gabele, PABedford, TX 760211871684522
  5. Heather Holtrop, PA-CBedford, TX 760211639828346
  6. Gina Jones, PA-CBedford, TX 760211043387731
  7. Traci Kirkland, PABedford, TX 760211760444202
  8. Brandon McCarty, PACBedford, TX 760211346299369

Common questions

What is Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA's NPI number?

Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740265560, issued on Dec 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2425 Highway 121, Bedford, TX, 76021. Phone: (817) 540-4477. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number PA04422, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Kirstin Dawn Pickens, PA's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.