William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C
Nurse Practitioner · Starkville, MS
William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Starkville, Mississippi, and NPI 1487165387, issued on Oct 18, 2017. Check the license (Mississippi 902375, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Nicholas Pennington
- Credential
- NP-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 902375 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 Hospital RD, Starkville, MS 39759
- Phone
- (662) 323-4320
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2017
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180821000786); 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 William Nicholas Pennington in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 902375Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
195 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir14 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $161.16
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme 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
- Baptist Memorial Medical Group, Inc.Columbus, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Nicholas Pennington among 1,075 nurse practitioner records in Mississippi
William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C is one of 1,075 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 2017, is newer than 49% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 49% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2017 among the 686 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 52% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
17 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Starkville
They are 17 of the 554 NPPES records with a practice address in Starkville, and 1,075 nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.
All 1,075 in Mississippi → Every provider in Starkville → Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
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Common questions
What is William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C's NPI number?
William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487165387, issued on Oct 18, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 Hospital RD, Starkville, MS, 39759. Phone: (662) 323-4320. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 902375, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C had 195 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William Nicholas Pennington, NP-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.