Nicole Sears
Family Medicine Physician · Rapid City, SD
Nicole Sears is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Rapid City, South Dakota, and NPI 1346297009, issued on May 28, 2006. Check the license (South Dakota 5691, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicole Sears
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 5691 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5410 Sheridan Lake RD, Rapid City, SD 57702
- Phone
- (605) 348-4141
- Enumerated
- May 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 15, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (605) 342-7880
- Medicaid ID
- 5611810 SD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051014000694); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Sanford School Of Medicine Of University Of South Dakota, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicole Sears in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
Search for license 5691Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,146 Medicare Part D claims for 639 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin119 claims
- Azithromycin97 claims
- Cefdinir87 claims
- Prednisone76 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass49 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl49 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): 76.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Nicole Sears among 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota
Nicole Sears is one of 601 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Dakota. 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2008 among the 393 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
76 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Rapid City
They are 76 of the 3,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Rapid City, and 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Nicole Sears's NPI number?
Nicole Sears's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346297009, issued on May 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicole Sears located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5410 Sheridan Lake RD, Rapid City, SD, 57702. Phone: (605) 348-4141. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicole Sears's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 5691, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners at https://www.sdbmoe.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicole Sears prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicole Sears had 1,146 Medicare Part D claims for 639 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nicole Sears's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.6 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.