Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker, DO, MPH

  • Lexington, KY
  • Family medicine physician
NPI1336764372PAC ID1557724135
Medicare services, 2024
377
Medicare patients, 2024
144
Part D claims, 2024
2,625
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
One Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY 40504
Practice phone
Call (859) 313-1000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Saint Joseph Hospital

Hospital · Lexington, Kentucky

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Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker is a family medicine physician in Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Brinker practices at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Brinker's NPI, 1336764372, was assigned on June 16, 2020. Dr. Brinker holds Kentucky license 05450.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1557724135
NPI enumeration date
June 16, 2020
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(859) 313-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
32
Medical school graduation
2020

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

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker practices at 2 locations in Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Brinker's primary practice is Saint Joseph Hospital, at One Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY 40504 in Fayette County. The practice phone is (859) 313-1000. Dr. Brinker also practices at St Joseph Hospital, 1 St Joseph Dr, Lexington, KY 40504.

  • Saint Joseph HospitalPrimary
    One Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY 40504 · Fayette CountyPhone(859) 313-1000
  • St Joseph Hospital
    1 St Joseph Dr, Lexington, KY 40504 · Fayette CountyPhone(859) 313-1000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Brinker's primary practice is Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, part of CommonSpirit Health. The medical group on file is Lexington Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brinker to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Brinker practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Saint Joseph HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker is one of 1,648 family medicine physicians in Kentucky

Family medicine is Dr. Brinker's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Brinker is licensed in Kentucky.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Family medicine, KentuckyPrimaryLicense 05450 · taxonomy 207Q00000X

Family medicine physicians near Dr. Brinker

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

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker billed Medicare for 377 services in 2024

CMS data shows 377 Medicare services from Dr. Brinker across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 144 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,378 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024377
Medicare patients144
Paid by Medicare$25,378
Procedure codes8

Dr. Brinker's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 492024: 245400%
Other services
2023: 02024: 61
Lab and pathology
2023: 02024: 49
Tests and treatments
2023: 02024: 22

Dr. Brinker compared with the Kentucky median for family medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Brinker
  • Kentucky median
Medicare services
377vs 42110% below
Medicare patients
144vs 16010% below
Part D claims
2,109vs 1,64129% above

Medians across 1,692 family medicine physicians in Kentucky with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Brinker's 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

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker treated 144 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 144 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brinker in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 72 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Brinker's median patient age at 73, with 33% women.

Medicare patients, 2024144
Average age74
Average risk score1.05

Dr. Brinker's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Brinker's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5740%
  • Men8760%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Brinker's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Chronic kidney disease28%
  5. Diabetes28%
  6. Mood disorders28%
  7. Anxiety26%
  8. Depression26%

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

Dr. Brinker's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women33%
  • Men67%

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

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker wrote 2,625 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Brinker wrote 2,625 Medicare Part D claims for 477 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,109 of them, across 63 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $146,345 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 303 claims across 14 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,625
Drugs named by CMS63
Total drug cost$146,345
Part D patients477

Dr. Brinker's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,295 claims87%
  • Brand-name312 claims12%
  • Other18 claims1%

Dr. Brinker's 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 Dr. Brinker's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics3%82 of 2,625 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%14 of 2,625 claims

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

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3032024: 2,109596%

Drugs named by CMS: 63 in 2024, 14 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker takes part in Medicare

Dr. Brinker accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Brinker in 2020. Dr. Brinker's most frequent co-author is Richard J. Thurer, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Brinker's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Brinker

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Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker received $137 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Brinker from 4 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $55.

General payments to Dr. Brinker by program year, 2023 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Brinker the most, 2023 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Sources for Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker's NPI number?

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker's NPI number is 1336764372. It was assigned on June 16, 2020, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker?

Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker is a family medicine physician in Lexington, Kentucky. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).

Where does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker practice?

Dr. Brinker practices at One Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY 40504. Dr. Brinker also practices at 1 St Joseph Dr, Lexington, KY 40504. Dr. Brinker's primary practice is Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brinker to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Brinker is (859) 313-1000.

What is Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker's medical license number?

Dr. Brinker holds Kentucky license 05450.

Which hospitals is Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker affiliated with?

Dr. Brinker practices at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.

What medical group is Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker part of?

Dr. Brinker is linked to Lexington Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Brinker to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Brinker billed Medicare for 377 services in 2024, and Dr. Brinker accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker see?

CMS counts 144 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brinker in 2024, with an average age of 74.

What services does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Brinker's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and medicare service (G0439).

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What drugs does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Brinker's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.

Has Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $137 in general payments to Dr. Brinker from 4 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker been practicing?

Dr. Brinker graduated from medical school in 2020, 6 years ago.

Does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Brinker.

Who does Dr. Kory Nathaniel Brinker publish with?

Dr. Brinker's most frequent co-authors are Richard J. Thurer, MD (1 shared paper).

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