Richard E. Nicol, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Urbana, IL
Richard E. Nicol, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Urbana, Illinois, and NPI 1295791127, issued on Apr 20, 2006. Check the license on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard E. Nicol
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 2001004853 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 611 W Park St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Phone
- (217) 383-3319
- Enumerated
- Apr 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 9, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040612000196); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard E. Nicol in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
348 Medicare Part D claims for 230 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 77 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen52 claims
- Ondansetron Odt31 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro25 claims
- Azithromycin21 claims
- Cephalexin21 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim20 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): 95 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: $16.98
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Midwest Emergency Anderson Health IncMaryville, IL
- Midwest Emergency Good Samaritan, IncMount Vernon, IL
- Midwest Emergency Sparta, Inc.Sparta, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard E. Nicol among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois
Richard E. Nicol, MD is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
63 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Urbana
They are 63 of the 1,744 NPPES records with a practice address in Urbana, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Richard E. Nicol, MD's NPI number?
Richard E. Nicol, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295791127, issued on Apr 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard E. Nicol, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 611 W Park St, Urbana, IL, 61801. Phone: (217) 383-3319. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard E. Nicol, MD's license?
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 Richard E. Nicol, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard E. Nicol, MD had 348 Medicare Part D claims for 230 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard E. Nicol, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95 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.