Shira Beth Hughes, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Morgantown, KY
Shira Beth Hughes, APRN is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Morgantown, Kentucky, and NPI 1104238146, issued on May 26, 2014. Check the license (Kentucky 3008603, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shira Beth Hughes
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 3008603 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 234 Porter St, Morgantown, KY 42261
- Phone
- (270) 526-9652
- Enumerated
- May 26, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (270) 526-9655
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150710001046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shira Beth Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license 3008603Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
5,564 Medicare Part D claims for 542 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 210 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin235 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium188 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen156 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium156 claims
- Omeprazole131 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium125 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $766.05
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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 one group practice
- Ghayth Hammad MD PscMorgantown, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shira Beth Hughes among 1,830 nurse practitioner records in Kentucky
Shira Beth Hughes, APRN is one of 1,830 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 46% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2015 among the 1,220 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1 nurse practitioner record lists a practice address in Morgantown
They are 1 of the 70 NPPES records with a practice address in Morgantown, and 1,830 nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Shira Beth Hughes, APRN's NPI number?
Shira Beth Hughes, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104238146, issued on May 26, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shira Beth Hughes, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 234 Porter St, Morgantown, KY, 42261. Phone: (270) 526-9652. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shira Beth Hughes, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 3008603, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Shira Beth Hughes, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shira Beth Hughes, APRN had 5,564 Medicare Part D claims for 542 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.