NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nicholas Scott Selden

Emergency Medicine Physician · Sacramento, CA

Nicholas Scott Selden is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1295122554, issued on Apr 23, 2015. Check the license (California A144468, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1295122554
Name
Nicholas Scott Selden
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A144468 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2825 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone
(916) 887-1297
Enumerated
Apr 23, 2015
Record last updated
Sep 4, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180319000964); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2015
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2825 Capitol Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Miguel Artzner, APRN, DNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1528436615
  2. Nikki Augustin, N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1447806369
  3. Cheryl Bailar, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1659827368
  4. Sandra Baril, MDPediatrics Physician1063945863
  5. Megan Barlow-LearyEmergency Medicine Physician1497281265
  6. Biniam Berhane, PHARMDCritical Care Pharmacist1467133462

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

185 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.

  1. Nicholas Selden185
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin30 claims
  2. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass18 claims
  3. Ondansetron Odt18 claims
  4. Hydrocodone-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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score76.7
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%97.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Cep America - CaliforniaSacramento, CA
  2. Vituity-California Observation Services PCRoseville, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Nicholas Scott Selden among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Nicholas Scott Selden is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2015, is newer than 72% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 72% of these records are older, 25% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 59% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

369 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Sacramento

They are 369 of the 33,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Sacramento, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nathan Beckerman, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161952500977
  2. Christian Feinauer, MDSacramento, CA 958161629136635
  3. Bruce Gordon, MDSacramento, CA 958161760590699
  4. Gary Hallam, MDSacramento, CA 958161508974536
  5. Robert Kane, MDSacramento, CA 958161629186648
  6. Aimee Moulin, MDSacramento, CA 958161689865677
  7. Theodore Muller, MDSacramento, CA 958161740398502
  8. John Nations, MDSacramento, CA 958161942318852

Common questions

What is Nicholas Scott Selden's NPI number?

Nicholas Scott Selden's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295122554, issued on Apr 23, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nicholas Scott Selden located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2825 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA, 95816. Phone: (916) 887-1297. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nicholas Scott Selden's license?

NPPES lists California license number A144468, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Nicholas Scott Selden prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nicholas Scott Selden had 185 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Nicholas Scott Selden's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.