Amber Oliver Stern, FNP
NPI 1861047672ActiveIndividual· Nurse Practitioner· Boone, NC
Nurse Practitioner (FNP) with Watauga Medical Center Inc, practicing in Boone, North Carolina. Their prescriptions cost Medicare Part D more than their services did: $169,871 for 1,048 claims, against $17,396 paid for services in 2024. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. was the largest of 11 companies reporting payments in 2025, $647.04 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial Hospital and 1 other hospital as hospital affiliations.
Overview
| NPI | 1861047672 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | FNP |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Aug 8, 2019 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Aug 8, 2019 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioner Primary | 363L00000X | 217960 | NC |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (NC) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 302 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 447 across 20 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $17,396 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 1,048 · 2,512 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 370 |
| Total drug cost | $169,871 |
| Generic share | 83% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Nurse Practitioner |
Medical group
- Watauga Medical Center IncBoone, NC · 96 clinicians
Hospital affiliations
- Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial HospitalLinville, NC
- Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$647.04 · 23 payments from 11 companies
- 2024$896.21 · 33 payments from 13 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | $210.15 | 4 |
| Pfizer Inc. | $90.82 | 4 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $83.36 | 2 |
| Abiomed | $54.38 | 1 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $45.95 | 2 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$647.04 · 23 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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