NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Lexington, KY

Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Lexington, Kentucky, and NPI 1912543133, issued on Nov 22, 2019. Check the license (Kentucky 3013912, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky 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
1912543133
Name
Walter Branyan Bounds
Credential
APRN
Primary taxonomy
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
License number
3013912 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1000 S Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536
Phone
(859) 323-9057
Enumerated
Nov 22, 2019
Record last updated
May 19, 2023
Fax
(859) 323-9502
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200107003397); accepts 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 1000 S Limestone

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

  1. Moayad Al-Sona', MDPulmonary Disease Physician1245755495
  2. Adeel Ashraf, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1235833542
  3. Maria Aulick, PA-CPhysician Assistant1649849811
  4. Abby BaileyPharmacist1023300738
  5. Jason Ballengee, D.O.Pulmonary Disease Physician1164957114
  6. Elton Banks, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1235717489

Verify Walter Branyan Bounds in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $204.70

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Walter Bounds$204.70
  2. Specialty average$647.94

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

  1. University OF KentuckyLexington, KY

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

Walter Branyan Bounds among 482 acute care nurse practitioner records in Kentucky

Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN is one of 482 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 45% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 45% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2019 among the 387 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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 363LA2100X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

219 acute care nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Lexington

They are 219 of the 14,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Lexington, and 482 acute care nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.

The 8 acute care nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lacey Buckler, ARNPLexington, KY 405361881765162
  2. Candice Falls, ARNPLexington, KY 405361144424771
  3. Stephanie Fugate, APRNLexington, KY 405361811184609
  4. Lynn Kelso, ARNPLexington, KY 405361245361286
  5. Tonya Moline, APRNLexington, KY 405361902005796
  6. Lara Morris, APRNLexington, KY 405361275717753
  7. Robert Morton, NURSE PRACTITIONERLexington, KY 405361306850862
  8. Mary Phillips, APRNLexington, KY 405361023022597

Common questions

What is Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN's NPI number?

Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912543133, issued on Nov 22, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 S Limestone, Lexington, KY, 40536. Phone: (859) 323-9057. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN's license?

NPPES lists Kentucky license number 3013912, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Walter Branyan Bounds, APRN's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.