Paula Atkins, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner · Columbus, MS
Paula Atkins, FNP-BC is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Columbus, Mississippi, and NPI 1487808838, issued on Nov 12, 2008. Check the license with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paula Atkins
- Credential
- FNP-BC
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- Practice location
- 2110 5TH St N, Columbus, MS 39705
- Phone
- (662) 243-2435
- Enumerated
- Nov 12, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2110 5TH St N
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Celia Kidder, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1013541820
- Misty Sharp, M.D.Dermatology Physician1871500231
- Terry Westmoreland, M.D.MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician1578583514
Verify Paula Atkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
9% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,191 Medicare Part D claims for 441 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,302 among the 128,048 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 1% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide150 claims
- Ketoconazole110 claims
- Mometasone Furoate81 claims
- Betamethasone Dipropionate79 claims
- Minocycline Hcl73 claims
- Cephalexin66 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.
No measured Medicare quality score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $335.14
13 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc.. The 91,435 providers of this specialty with any payment received $675.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
One hospital or facility affiliation
- Westmoreland Dermatology And Surgery Center, PAColumbus, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
97 family nurse practitioner records list a Columbus practice address
They are 97 of the 843 NPPES records with a Columbus practice address, and 3,554 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Paula Atkins, FNP-BC's NPI number?
Paula Atkins, FNP-BC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487808838, issued on Nov 12, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paula Atkins, FNP-BC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2110 5TH St N, Columbus, MS, 39705. Phone: (662) 243-2435. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paula Atkins, FNP-BC's license?
Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Paula Atkins, FNP-BC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paula Atkins, FNP-BC had 1,191 Medicare Part D claims for 441 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,302. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paula Atkins, FNP-BC's Medicare quality score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.