Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Paducah, KY
Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Paducah, Kentucky, and NPI 1881681161, issued on Oct 3, 2005. Check the license (Kentucky PA154, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Timothy K. Thurston
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA154 KY
PA 154 KY
085000805 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 225 Medical Center Dr, Paducah, KY 42003
- Phone
- (270) 442-9463
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 25, 2024
- Fax
- (270) 442-2241
- Medicaid ID
- 7100183160 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100917000547); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Timothy K. Thurston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license PA154Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,364 Medicare Part D claims for 414 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium155 claims
- Prednisone124 claims
- Clindamycin Hcl97 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate74 claims
- Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride71 claims
- Omeprazole67 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: $359.57
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Mercy Health Physicians Kentucky Specialty Care LLCPaducah, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Timothy K. Thurston among 1,958 physician assistant records in Kentucky
Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C is one of 1,958 physician assistant records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2018 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
45 physician assistant records list a practice address in Paducah
They are 45 of the 1,910 NPPES records with a practice address in Paducah, and 1,958 physician assistant records in Kentucky.
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- April Dunning, PAPaducah, KY 420031669475463
- Carla Frazine, P.A.Paducah, KY 420031417153982
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Common questions
What is Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C's NPI number?
Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881681161, issued on Oct 3, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 225 Medical Center Dr, Paducah, KY, 42003. Phone: (270) 442-9463. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number PA154, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C had 1,364 Medicare Part D claims for 414 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.