Nova Michele Foster, MD
Surgery Physician · Carbondale, IL
Nova Michele Foster, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Carbondale, Illinois, and NPI 1902829567, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036.134717, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nova Michele Foster
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 036.134717 IL
A65913 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1237 E Main St, Carbondale, IL 62901
- Phone
- (618) 457-2281
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 18, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (618) 529-0573
- Medicaid ID
- 00A659130 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190206002113); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1237 E Main St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nova Michele Foster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036.134717Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
44 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen21 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Banner-University Medical GroupTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nova Michele Foster among 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois
Nova Michele Foster, MD is one of 1,520 surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 66% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 650 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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 208600000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Illinois
There are 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois.
All 1,520 in Illinois → Every provider in Carbondale → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Cynthia Aks, D.O.Carbondale, IL 629011164412656
- Satyadeep Bhattacharya, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011477726875
- David Clutts, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011407822406
- Roy Danks, DOCarbondale, IL 629011306812029
- Adrian Martin, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011568531010
- Marsha Ryan, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011548257322
- Shanmugam Lakshmanan, MDSalem, IL 628811356522718
- Samir Abdo, M.D.Eldorado, IL 629301578612982
Common questions
What is Nova Michele Foster, MD's NPI number?
Nova Michele Foster, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902829567, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nova Michele Foster, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1237 E Main St, Carbondale, IL, 62901. Phone: (618) 457-2281. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nova Michele Foster, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.134717, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nova Michele Foster, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nova Michele Foster, MD had 44 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nova Michele Foster, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.