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Cara Nelson

NPI 1386267136ActiveIndividual· Nurse Practitioner· Fayetteville, NC

Nurse Practitioner in Fayetteville, North Carolina, trained at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (class of 2021). Their prescriptions cost Medicare Part D more than their services did: $367,836 for 708 claims, against $45,280 paid for services in 2024. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. was the largest of 15 companies reporting payments in 2025, $1,046 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1386267136
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 27, 2020
Last updated in NPPESApr 28, 2026
Certified by providerApr 28, 2026

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Nurse Practitioner Primary363L00000X5015613NC

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (NC)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients258
Services billed2,041 across 21 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$45,280

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)708 · 863 30-day fills
Patients168
Total drug cost$367,836
Generic share28% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Graduation year2021
Medicare specialtyNurse Practitioner
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$1,046 · 30 payments from 15 companies
  • 2024$1,269 · 58 payments from 17 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$902.24 · 28 payments
  • Education$143.98 · 2 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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