Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER
Nurse Practitioner · Hickory, NC
Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1235666215, issued on May 22, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 5009975, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura A. Brown
- Credential
- NURSE PRACTITIONER
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- 5009975 NC
232848 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 810 Fairgrove Church RD, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 732-7249
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jan 26, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180130000046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura A. Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5009975Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
137 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin22 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $237.66
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Laura A. Brown among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER is one of 4,524 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 50% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2018 among the 2,863 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 363L00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
51 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 51 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER's NPI number?
Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235666215, issued on May 22, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 810 Fairgrove Church RD, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 732-7249. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5009975, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER had 137 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laura A. Brown, NURSE PRACTITIONER'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.