Richard Ankrah
Family Nurse Practitioner · Gastonia, NC
Richard Ankrah is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Gastonia, North Carolina, and NPI 1174038400, issued on Dec 8, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 5010099, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Ankrah
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 5010099 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 609 N Highland St, Gastonia, NC 28052
- Phone
- (704) 772-4700
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jun 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 833-1553
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 609 N Highland St
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Verify Richard Ankrah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5010099Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
3,778 Medicare Part D claims for 291 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 28 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium237 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate199 claims
- Gabapentin128 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa108 claims
- Omeprazole95 claims
- Metformin Hcl94 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): 93.2 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,162.78
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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.
Richard Ankrah among 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Richard Ankrah is one of 6,631 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 42% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
- Record last updated2021 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
114 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Gastonia
They are 114 of the 2,833 NPPES records with a practice address in Gastonia, and 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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- Latoya Hansley, FNP-CGastonia, NC 280521720786502
- Morgan Howard, FNP-CGastonia, NC 280521194438432
- Tracy Keisling, APRNGastonia, NC 280521821640483
- Sonja Miller, FNP, CNMGastonia, NC 280521982833265
Common questions
What is Richard Ankrah's NPI number?
Richard Ankrah's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174038400, issued on Dec 8, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Ankrah located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 609 N Highland St, Gastonia, NC, 28052. Phone: (704) 772-4700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Ankrah's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5010099, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Ankrah prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Ankrah had 3,778 Medicare Part D claims for 291 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Ankrah's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.2 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.