Orlando Nieves, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Cherokee, NC
Orlando Nieves, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cherokee, North Carolina, and NPI 1801949532, issued on Jan 18, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 200301271, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Orlando Nieves
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 200301271 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 Hospital Road, Cherokee, NC 28719
- Phone
- (828) 497-9163
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 497-5343
- Medicaid ID
- 1801949532 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101110001453); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Orlando Nieves in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200301271Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
77 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Cherokee Indian Hospital AuthorityCherokee, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orlando Nieves among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Orlando Nieves, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2007, is newer than 49% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 49% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 50% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
19 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Cherokee
They are 19 of the 251 NPPES records with a practice address in Cherokee, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Orlando Nieves, MD's NPI number?
Orlando Nieves, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801949532, issued on Jan 18, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Orlando Nieves, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Hospital Road, Cherokee, NC, 28719. Phone: (828) 497-9163. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Orlando Nieves, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200301271, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Orlando Nieves, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Orlando Nieves, MD had 77 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.