NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C

Medical Physician Assistant · Wilkes Barre, PA

Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1073115754, issued on Nov 9, 2020. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA062026, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1073115754
Name
Nikolas Griffin Gushka
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
License number
MA062026 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1000 E Mountain Dr, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
Phone
(570) 808-7300
Enumerated
Nov 9, 2020
Record last updated
Nov 9, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20201118001851); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 1000 E Mountain Dr

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

  1. Jeffrey Adler, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1144395922
  2. Saba Afroz, MDHospitalist Physician1821473406
  3. Maria Elena Agostini, RPHPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1326378696
  4. Monica Ahuja, MDInfectious Disease Physician1982030524
  5. Zaid Aljuboori, M.D.,Neurological Surgery Physician1518233410
  6. Nigel Amankwah, MDInternal Medicine Physician1871151100

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
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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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64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024

419 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 150 claims were for opioids.

  1. Nikolas Gushka419
  2. Specialty average1,148

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl138 claims
  2. Mupirocin70 claims
  3. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl61 claims
  4. Celecoxib49 claims
  5. Gabapentin49 claims
  6. Tizanidine Hcl19 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: $395.75

4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was SI-Bone, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Nikolas Gushka$395.75
  2. Specialty average$1,055.00

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

  1. Geisinger ClinicDanville, PA
  2. Phoenix Rehabilitation And Health Services IncCranberry Twp, PA

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

Nikolas Griffin Gushka among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania

Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% 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 76% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 76% of these records are older, 20% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2020 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

40 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Wilkes Barre

They are 40 of the 2,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.

The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Hilary Anthony, PA-CWilkes Barre, PA 187111306034657
  2. Joseph Bolinsky, PA-CWilkes Barre, PA 187111154399731
  3. Tammy Farrell, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTWilkes Barre, PA 187111164612941
  4. Eugenia Hopkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTWilkes Barre, PA 187111194994459
  5. Ivona Kocon, PA-CWilkes Barre, PA 187111750393765
  6. Kylen Larue, PA-CWilkes Barre, PA 187111699257576
  7. Natalie Launchi, PA-CWilkes Barre, PA 187111891248142
  8. Susan Liskowicz, PA-CWilkes Barre, PA 187111265522015

Common questions

What is Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C's NPI number?

Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073115754, issued on Nov 9, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 E Mountain Dr, Wilkes Barre, PA, 18711. Phone: (570) 808-7300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C's license?

NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA062026, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nikolas Griffin Gushka, PA-C had 419 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.