Dr. Nicholas Charles Golden, MD

Dr. Golden practices at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Dr. Golden's NPI, 1619978343, was assigned on August 3, 2005. Dr. Golden holds Florida license ME151295.

Dr. Golden's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, at 1000 36th St, Vero Beach, FL 32960 in Indian River County. The practice phone is (772) 567-4311.

Dr. Golden's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Golden is also affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. The medical group on file is Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Golden to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Golden practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Golden's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Golden is licensed in Florida.

CMS data shows 1,182 Medicare services from Dr. Golden across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 695 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $131,971 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 695 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Golden in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 323 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.27, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Golden's median patient age at 67, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Golden wrote 1,563 Medicare Part D claims for 451 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,392 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $696,228 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,217 claims across 27 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Golden for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Golden accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 222 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Golden, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Golden from 2 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $125.