Dr. Nicholas Christian Otten, MD

Dr. Otten practices at Mercyhealth Hospital-Freeport in Freeport, Illinois, part of Mercyhealth.

Dr. Otten's NPI, 1013277714, was assigned on May 29, 2012. Dr. Otten holds Illinois license 036136062.

Dr. Otten's primary practice is Mercyhealth Hospital-Freeport, at 1045 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032 in Stephenson County. The practice phone is (815) 599-6000.

Dr. Otten's primary practice is Mercyhealth Hospital-Freeport in Freeport, Illinois, part of Mercyhealth. Dr. Otten is also affiliated with Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph. The medical group on file is Mercyhealth Hospital-Freeport. Dmand AI also links Dr. Otten to 4 more hospitals, 10 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account. Dr. Otten's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Otten practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Otten's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Otten's licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Wisconsin.

CMS data shows 562 Medicare services from Dr. Otten across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 267 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $41,305 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 267 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Otten in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 85 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 31% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.85, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Otten's median patient age at 70, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Otten wrote 229 Medicare Part D claims for 117 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 67 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $319 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 27 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Otten for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Otten accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Otten from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2018. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $115.