Michelle Thornton, DNP
Nurse Practitioner · West Des Moines, IA
Michelle Thornton, DNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in West Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1053969337, issued on Aug 29, 2019. Check the license (Iowa H155262, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michelle Thornton
- Credential
- DNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- H155262 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5880 University Ave Ste 102, West Des Moines, IA 50266
- Phone
- (515) 633-3600
- Enumerated
- Aug 29, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jun 14, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (515) 288-0840
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191114002445); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Creighton University School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michelle Thornton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this profession
Search for license H155262Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
78% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
1,978 Medicare Part D claims for 372 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel434 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium298 claims
- Brilinta251 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate192 claims
- Eliquis102 claims
- Lisinopril76 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: $148.39
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa CorpAmes, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michelle Thornton among 1,294 nurse practitioner records in Iowa
Michelle Thornton, DNP is one of 1,294 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Iowa. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 60% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 60% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2018 among the 873 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 46% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
77 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in West Des Moines
They are 77 of the 2,201 NPPES records with a practice address in West Des Moines, and 1,294 nurse practitioner records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Michelle Thornton, DNP's NPI number?
Michelle Thornton, DNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053969337, issued on Aug 29, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michelle Thornton, DNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5880 University Ave Ste 102, West Des Moines, IA, 50266. Phone: (515) 633-3600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michelle Thornton, DNP's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number H155262, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michelle Thornton, DNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michelle Thornton, DNP had 1,978 Medicare Part D claims for 372 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.