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Michelle Kelly Ernest, FNP-BC

NPI 1609218205ActiveIndividual· Nurse Practitioner· Columbus, GA

Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) with Horizons Diagnostics, L.L.C., practicing in Columbus, Georgia. In 2024 Medicare paid $58,511 for 269 patients, and Part D covered 1,510 of their prescriptions, 87% of them generic. Novo Nordisk Inc was the largest of 14 companies reporting payments in 2025, $807.51 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare as a hospital affiliation.

Overview

NPI1609218205
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialFNP-BC
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedJul 24, 2013
Last updated in NPPESNov 20, 2020
Certified by providerNov 20, 2020

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Nurse Practitioner Primary363L00000XRN162446GA
Nurse Practitioner363L00000X1-111870AL

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 (AL); Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (GA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients269
Services billed1,907 across 51 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$58,511

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)1,510 · 2,987 30-day fills
Patients291
Total drug cost$86,030
Generic share87% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2013
Medicare specialtyNurse Practitioner

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$807.51 · 33 payments from 14 companies
  • 2024$881.58 · 46 payments from 9 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Novo Nordisk Inc$373.0314
Abbvie Inc.$108.442
Ardelyx, Inc.$50.003
Lilly USA, LLC$36.832
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$34.862

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$807.51 · 33 payments

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

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