Nicole A. Hicks, PA

  • Chico, CA
  • Physician assistant
NPI1427067495PAC ID9931141975
Medicare services, 2024
365
Medicare patients, 2024
273
Part D claims, 2024
436
MIPS score, 2024
85
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926
Practice phone
Call (530) 332-7300
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Primary practice

Enloe Health

Hospital · Chico, California

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Nicole A. Hicks is a physician assistant in Chico, California

Nicole Hicks practices at Enloe Health in Chico, California, part of Enloe Health.

Nicole Hicks' NPI, 1427067495, was assigned on August 7, 2006. Nicole Hicks holds California license PA15089.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9931141975
NPI enumeration date
August 7, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(530) 332-7300
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
53
Medical school graduation
1999

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Nicole A. Hicks practices at Enloe Health in Chico, California

Nicole Hicks' primary practice is Enloe Health, at 1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926 in Butte County. The practice phone is (530) 332-7300.

  • Enloe Health
    1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926 · Butte CountyPhone(530) 332-7300

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Nicole A. Hicks is affiliated with 1 site of care and 2 medical groups

Nicole Hicks' primary practice is Enloe Health in Chico, California, part of Enloe Health. The medical group on file is Chico Hospitalist Group. Dmand AI also links Nicole Hicks to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Nicole A. Hicks' practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Enloe HealthAvailable with a free account
+1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Nicole A. Hicks is one of 11,482 physician assistants in California

Physician assistant is Nicole Hicks' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 363A00000X. Nicole Hicks is board certified in certified physician assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Nicole Hicks is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Physician assistant, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense PA15089 · taxonomy 363A00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists adjustment disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), contact dermatitis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, lower back pain and osteoporosis among the conditions Nicole Hicks treats.

Physician assistants near Nicole Hicks

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Nicole A. Hicks billed Medicare for 365 services in 2024

CMS data shows 365 Medicare services from Nicole Hicks across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 273 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,602 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024365
Medicare patients273
Paid by Medicare$22,602
Procedure codes3

Nicole Hicks compared with the California median for physician assistants, 2024

  • Nicole Hicks
  • California median
Medicare services
365vs 20479% above
Medicare patients
273vs 1052.6 times
Part D claims
190vs 24322% below

Medians across 7,065 physician assistants in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Nicole Hicks' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Nicole A. Hicks treated 273 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 273 Medicare patients who saw Nicole Hicks in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 126 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.08, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Nicole Hicks' median patient age at 76, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024273
Average age74
Average risk score2.08
Also on Medicaid29%

Nicole Hicks' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Nicole Hicks' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13650%
  • Men13750%

Chronic conditions among Nicole Hicks' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol72%
  3. Cancer51%
  4. Arthritis41%
  5. Ischemic heart disease30%
  6. Anxiety29%
  7. Diabetes29%
  8. COPD28%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Nicole Hicks' patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 76

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men43%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Nicole A. Hicks wrote 436 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Nicole Hicks wrote 436 Medicare Part D claims for 159 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 190 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $678,832 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 2024436
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$678,832
Part D patients159

Nicole Hicks' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic367 claims84%
  • Brand-name69 claims16%

Nicole Hicks' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Nicole Hicks' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids15%66 of 436 claims
  • Antibiotics6%25 of 436 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Nicole A. Hicks scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Nicole Hicks for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Nicole Hicks accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Nicole Hicks as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Nicole Hicks' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 68.7of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 67of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Nicole A. Hicks received $1,041 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 10 general payments to Nicole Hicks from 6 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $326.

General payments to Nicole Hicks by program year, 2024 to 2025

Companies that paid Nicole Hicks the most, 2024 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Nicole A. Hicks is board certified in certified physician assistant

  1. Board certified in certified physician assistantNational Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Nicole A. Hicks's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Nicole A. Hicks' NPI number?

Nicole A. Hicks' NPI number is 1427067495. It was assigned on August 7, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Nicole A. Hicks specialize in?

Nicole A. Hicks is a physician assistant in Chico, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Physician Assistant (taxonomy code 363A00000X).

Where does Nicole A. Hicks practice?

Nicole Hicks practices at 1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926. Nicole Hicks' primary practice is Enloe Health in Chico, California, part of Enloe Health. Dmand AI also links Nicole Hicks to 1 medical group.

What is Nicole A. Hicks' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Nicole Hicks is (530) 332-7300.

What is Nicole A. Hicks' medical license number?

Nicole Hicks holds California license PA15089.

Which hospitals is Nicole A. Hicks affiliated with?

Nicole Hicks practices at Enloe Health in Chico, California.

What medical group is Nicole A. Hicks part of?

Nicole Hicks is linked to Chico Hospitalist Group. Dmand AI links Nicole Hicks to 1 more medical group.

Does Nicole A. Hicks accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Nicole Hicks billed Medicare for 365 services in 2024, and Nicole Hicks accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Nicole A. Hicks offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Nicole Hicks as offering telehealth services.

What is Nicole A. Hicks' MIPS score?

Nicole Hicks' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Nicole A. Hicks see?

CMS counts 273 Medicare patients who saw Nicole Hicks in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Nicole A. Hicks board certified?

Yes. Nicole Hicks is board certified in certified physician assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

What services does Nicole A. Hicks bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Nicole Hicks' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99215).

What drugs does Nicole A. Hicks prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Nicole Hicks' most prescribed drugs by claims were Eliquis, Lenalidomide and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Nicole A. Hicks received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,041 in general payments to Nicole Hicks from 6 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Nicole A. Hicks been practicing?

Nicole Hicks graduated from medical school in 1999, 27 years ago.

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