Kristen Nicole Ward, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician · Chapel Hill, NC
Kristen Nicole Ward, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1083909170, issued on Jun 16, 2011. Check the license (North Carolina 2013-01413, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kristen Nicole Ward
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 2013-01413 NC
172774 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
- Phone
- (919) 966-6442
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2024
- Fax
- (919) 966-3049
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140429002359); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kristen Nicole Ward in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2013-01413Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
188 Medicare Part D claims for 110 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 33 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt40 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Prednisone15 claims
- Cephalexin14 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen14 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersGreensboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kristen Nicole Ward among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Kristen Nicole Ward, DO is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 58% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
122 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Chapel Hill
They are 122 of the 7,608 NPPES records with a practice address in Chapel Hill, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Kristen Nicole Ward, DO's NPI number?
Kristen Nicole Ward, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083909170, issued on Jun 16, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kristen Nicole Ward, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514. Phone: (919) 966-6442. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kristen Nicole Ward, DO's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2013-01413, 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 Kristen Nicole Ward, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kristen Nicole Ward, DO had 188 Medicare Part D claims for 110 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kristen Nicole Ward, DO's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.