NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Purity Rita Upson, NP

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Villa Rica, GA

Purity Rita Upson, NP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Villa Rica, Georgia, and NPI 1720727233, issued on Jun 2, 2022. Check the license (Georgia APRN-NP196003, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1720727233
Name
Purity Rita Upson
Credential
NP
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License number
APRN-NP196003 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
20 Herrell RD, Villa Rica, GA 30180
Phone
(770) 812-3530
Enumerated
Jun 2, 2022
Record last updated
Dec 12, 2025
Fax
(770) 812-3531
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220718001010); may accept Medicare assignment
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 20 Herrell RD

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

  1. Kayla Arnold, LPCProfessional Counselor1295399988
  2. Golden Barnett, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1679530430
  3. Idris Buke, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1801582481
  4. Anson ChinPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1033911136
  5. Quencina Gardner, MS, LAPCMental Health Counselor1487226742
  6. John Gibson, MA, LPC, CPCSProfessional Counselor1174151138

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78% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

196 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Purity Upson196
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Gabapentin23 claims
  2. Quetiapine Fumarate19 claims
  3. Trazodone Hcl18 claims
  4. Aripiprazole11 claims
  5. Buspirone Hcl11 claims
  6. Duloxetine Hcl11 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Tmc-Behavioral Health OF West GeorgiaVilla Rica, GA

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

Purity Rita Upson among 1,381 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Georgia

Purity Rita Upson, NP is one of 1,381 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Georgia. 61% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 53% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 53% of these records are older, 39% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 61% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2021 among the 616 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 15% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

28 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Villa Rica

They are 28 of the 394 NPPES records with a practice address in Villa Rica, and 1,381 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Georgia.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Benita Brown, NPVilla Rica, GA 301801649931361
  2. Jason Fordyce, PMHNP-BCVilla Rica, GA 301801346816865
  3. April Fortenberry, PNP-PCVilla Rica, GA 301801295134492
  4. Shannon Herring, APRN, PMHNP-BCVilla Rica, GA 301801972198554
  5. La-Vonnie Joiner, PMHNPVilla Rica, GA 301801245558006
  6. Taylor Lee, APRNVilla Rica, GA 301801578227658
  7. Sarah Matheka, PMHNP-BCVilla Rica, GA 301801184180069
  8. Victoria Onunekwu, PMHNPVilla Rica, GA 301801952957748

Common questions

What is Purity Rita Upson, NP's NPI number?

Purity Rita Upson, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720727233, issued on Jun 2, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Purity Rita Upson, NP located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 20 Herrell RD, Villa Rica, GA, 30180. Phone: (770) 812-3530. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Purity Rita Upson, NP's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number APRN-NP196003, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Purity Rita Upson, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Purity Rita Upson, NP had 196 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.