Nicholas James Nissen, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Austin, TX
Nicholas James Nissen, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1821624818, issued on Mar 21, 2020. Check the license (Texas U6038, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas James Nissen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- U6038 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3001 Bee Cave RD Ste 220, Austin, TX 78746
- Phone
- (815) 354-8932
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2024
- Fax
- (617) 604-2403
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241205002031); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Warren Alpert Medical School Of Brown University, 2020
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicholas James Nissen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U6038Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
407 Medicare Part D claims for 55 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clozapine38 claims
- Invega Sustenna37 claims
- Olanzapine30 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate24 claims
- Haloperidol18 claims
- Aripiprazole16 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southeast Human Service CenterFargo, ND
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas James Nissen among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Nicholas James Nissen, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
343 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Austin
They are 343 of the 26,585 NPPES records with a practice address in Austin, and 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Nicholas James Nissen, MD's NPI number?
Nicholas James Nissen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821624818, issued on Mar 21, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas James Nissen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3001 Bee Cave RD Ste 220, Austin, TX, 78746. Phone: (815) 354-8932. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas James Nissen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U6038, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicholas James Nissen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas James Nissen, MD had 407 Medicare Part D claims for 55 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.