PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891963179

Nicole ErnstPA-C

Physician AssistantMorrisville, VTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

263

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,608

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$14K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 273 Physician Assistant providers in VT — top quintile (cohort median 260).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

116

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$362

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl44 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen38 claims

Cephalexin19 claims

Tramadol Hcl15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

83.4

Quality

72.5

Cost

55.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.35%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicole Ernst's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER INC	128	927
NEALE, S.	90	487
NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER INC	70	325
Megan Batchelder Internal Medicine · Newport, VT	15	63
Peter Guilfoyle Physician Assistant · Gorham, ME	14	28
NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER INC	13	49
Allison Sturtevant Emergency Medicine · Newport, VT	11	23
John Lippmann Family Practice · Newport, VT	11	29
NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER INC	11	42

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history