Dr. Ricky E. Collins, MD

  • Whitesburg, KY
  • Family medicine physician
NPI1659364024PAC ID0749371508
Medicare services, 2024
92
Medicare patients, 2024
68
Part D claims, 2024
8,613
MIPS score, 2024
96
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
214 Hospital Rd, Whitesburg, KY 41858
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Primary practice

Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Whitesburg, Kentucky

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Dr. Ricky E. Collins is a family medicine physician in Whitesburg, Kentucky

Dr. Collins practices at Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

Dr. Collins' NPI, 1659364024, was assigned on August 31, 2005. Dr. Collins holds Kentucky license 28639.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749371508
NPI enumeration date
August 31, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
67
Medical school graduation
1985

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

Dr. Ricky E. Collins practices at Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD in Whitesburg, Kentucky

Dr. Collins' primary practice is Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD, at 214 Hospital Rd, Whitesburg, KY 41858.

  • Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD
    214 Hospital Rd, Whitesburg, KY 41858

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Dr. Ricky E. Collins is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Collins' primary practice is Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Dr. Collins is also affiliated with Whitesburg ARH Hospital. The medical group on file is ARH Pennington Gap Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Collins to 2 more medical groups, 1 home health agency, 1 hospice and 1 rural health clinic, each named with a free account. Dr. Collins' employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ricky E. Collins' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Collins practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Ricky E. Collins is one of 1,648 family medicine physicians in Kentucky

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Family medicine, KentuckyPrimaryLicense 28639 · taxonomy 207Q00000X

Family medicine physicians near Dr. Collins

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1,648family medicine physicians in Kentucky
9family medicine physicians in Whitesburg

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

Dr. Ricky E. Collins billed Medicare for 92 services in 2024

CMS data shows 92 Medicare services from Dr. Collins across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 68 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,908 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202492
Medicare patients68
Paid by Medicare$6,908
Procedure codes3

Dr. Collins' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1412024: 5760%
Tests and treatments
2023: 692024: 3549%

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

  • Dr. Collins
  • Kentucky median
Medicare services
92vs 42178% below
Medicare patients
68vs 16057% below
Part D claims
7,977vs 1,6414.9 times

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

Dr. Collins' 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. Ricky E. Collins treated 68 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 68 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Collins in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 31 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 46% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.05, 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. Collins' median patient age at 54, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 202468
Average age71
Average risk score2.05
Also on Medicaid46%

Dr. Collins' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Collins' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women3754%
  • Men3146%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Collins' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol74%
  3. COPD59%
  4. Diabetes57%
  5. Arthritis56%
  6. Chronic kidney disease49%
  7. Heart failure44%
  8. Ischemic heart disease44%

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

Dr. Collins' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 54

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men50%

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

Dr. Ricky E. Collins wrote 8,613 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Collins wrote 8,613 Medicare Part D claims for 352 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 7,977 of them, across 150 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $488,782 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 8,336 claims across 149 drugs.

Part D claims, 20248,613
Drugs named by CMS150
Total drug cost$488,782
Part D patients352

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

  • Generic7,523 claims87%
  • Brand-name1,010 claims12%
  • Other80 claims1%

Dr. Collins' 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. Collins' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids3%294 of 8,613 claims
  • Antibiotics3%239 of 8,613 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%74 of 8,613 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: 8,3362024: 7,9774%

Drugs named by CMS: 150 in 2024, 149 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

Dr. Ricky E. Collins scored 96 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Dr. Collins for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Collins accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Collins' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 96of 100Final score
  • 83.6of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 91of 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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Dr. Ricky E. Collins received $943 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 46 general payments to Dr. Collins from 23 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Exact Sciences Corporation paid the most, $105.

General payments to Dr. Collins by program year, 2016 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Collins the most, 2016 to 2025

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

Sources for Dr. Ricky E. Collins'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 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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
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What is Dr. Ricky E. Collins' NPI number?

Dr. Ricky E. Collins' NPI number is 1659364024. It was assigned on August 31, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ricky E. Collins?

Dr. Ricky E. Collins is a family medicine physician in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).

Where does Dr. Ricky E. Collins practice?

Dr. Collins practices at 214 Hospital Rd, Whitesburg, KY 41858. Dr. Collins' primary practice is Whitesburg Arh Surgical Clinic - HOPD in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Dmand AI also links Dr. Collins to 2 medical groups, 1 home health agency, 1 hospice and 1 rural health clinic.

What is Dr. Ricky E. Collins' medical license number?

Dr. Collins holds Kentucky license 28639.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ricky E. Collins affiliated with?

Dr. Collins is affiliated with Whitesburg ARH Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Ricky E. Collins part of?

Dr. Collins is linked to ARH Pennington Gap Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Collins to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Ricky E. Collins accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Collins billed Medicare for 92 services in 2024, and Dr. Collins accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Ricky E. Collins' MIPS score?

Dr. Collins' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 96 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ricky E. Collins see?

CMS counts 68 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Collins in 2024, with an average age of 71.

What services does Dr. Ricky E. Collins bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Collins' most billed Medicare services were emergency department visit (99285), heart test or procedure (93010) and emergency department visit (99284).

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What drugs does Dr. Ricky E. Collins prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Collins' most prescribed drugs by claims were Levothyroxine Sodium, Montelukast Sodium and Pantoprazole Sodium.

Has Dr. Ricky E. Collins received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $943 in general payments to Dr. Collins from 23 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Exact Sciences Corporation.

How long has Dr. Ricky E. Collins been practicing?

Dr. Collins graduated from medical school in 1985, 41 years ago.

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