Nicholas Derfler
Emergency Medicine Physician · Fort Bragg, NC
Nicholas Derfler is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and NPI 1316304694, issued on Jan 18, 2016. Check the license (North Carolina 2019-02127, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Derfler
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 2019-02127 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2817 Rock Merritt Ave, Fort Bragg, NC 28310
- Phone
- (910) 907-8922
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2016
- Record last updated
- Feb 5, 2026
- Fax
- (910) 907-6069
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191120001801); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicholas Derfler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2019-02127Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
56 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $19.18
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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 2 group practices
- Hoke Emergency Group, PCRaeford, NC
- University OF North Carolina AT Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas Derfler among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Nicholas Derfler 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 2016, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 73% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
68 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Fort Bragg
They are 68 of the 1,920 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Bragg, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nicholas Derfler's NPI number?
Nicholas Derfler's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316304694, issued on Jan 18, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Derfler located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2817 Rock Merritt Ave, Fort Bragg, NC, 28310. Phone: (910) 907-8922. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Derfler's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2019-02127, 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 Nicholas Derfler prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Derfler had 56 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.