Dr. Phillip E. Essay, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 15,104
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 530
- Part D claims, 2024
- 207
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 8601 Firethorn Lane, Lincoln, NE 68520
- Practice phone
- Call (531) 739-3500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Hillcrest Firethorn
Skilled Nursing Facility · Lincoln, Nebraska
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Dr. Phillip E. Essay is a pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician in Lincoln, Nebraska
Dr. Essay practices at Hillcrest Firethorn in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dr. Essay's NPI, 1801851175, was assigned on April 19, 2006. Dr. Essay graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Essay holds Nebraska license 18859.
- NPI
- 1801851175NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4183687866
- NPI enumeration date
- April 19, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (531) 739-3500
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 62
- Medical school graduation
- 1990
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Phillip E. Essay practices at Hillcrest Firethorn in Lincoln, Nebraska
Dr. Essay's primary practice is Hillcrest Firethorn, at 8601 Firethorn Lane, Lincoln, NE 68520 in Lancaster County. The practice phone is (531) 739-3500.
- Hillcrest Firethorn8601 Firethorn Lane, Lincoln, NE 68520 · Lancaster CountyPhone(531) 739-3500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Phillip E. Essay is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Essay's primary practice is Hillcrest Firethorn in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Essay is also affiliated with Bryan Medical Center. The medical group on file is Innovative Pain & Spine Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Essay to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 hospice and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Phillip E. Essay's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Essay practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Hillcrest Firethorn | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Phillip E. Essay is one of 24 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physicians in Nebraska
Pain medicine is Dr. Essay's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207LP2900X. Dr. Essay is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Essay's licenses on file in 2 states: Nebraska and Arizona.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pain medicine (anesthesiology), NebraskaPrimary
- Arizona license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists back pain injection, lower back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain, neck pain and spine problems, spinal stenosis and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Essay treats.
Pain medicine (anesthesiology) physicians near Dr. Essay
Counts of pain medicine (anesthesiology) physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Phillip E. Essay billed Medicare for 15,104 services in 2024
CMS data shows 15,104 Medicare services from Dr. Essay across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 530 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $246,243 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Essay's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 8,7702024: 12,69545%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,1882024: 1,1275%
- Other services
- 2023: 6472024: 57711%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 5762024: 48216%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 2632024: 18629%
- Imaging
- 2023: 612024: 3739%
Dr. Essay compared with the Nebraska median for pain medicine (anesthesiology) physicians, 2024
- Dr. Essay
- Nebraska median
- Medicare services
- 15,104vs 1,39210.9 times
- Medicare patients
- 530vs 2452.2 times
- Part D claims
- 131vs 95686% below
Medians across 25 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physicians in Nebraska with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Essay'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. Phillip E. Essay treated 530 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 530 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Essay in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 244 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.20, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Essay's median patient age at 76, with 59% women.
Dr. Essay's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Essay's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women31459%
- Men21641%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Essay's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Mood disorders32%
- Chronic kidney disease29%
- Depression29%
- Diabetes29%
- Ischemic heart disease29%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Essay's 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
- Women59%
- Men41%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Phillip E. Essay wrote 207 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Essay wrote 207 Medicare Part D claims for 79 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 131 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,355 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 478 claims across 6 drugs.
Dr. Essay's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic203 claims98%
- Brand-name and other4 claims2%
Dr. Essay'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. Essay's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids5%11 of 207 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: 4782024: 13173%
Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 6 in 2023.
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. Phillip E. Essay scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Essay for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Essay accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
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. Phillip E. Essay received $127,892 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 589 general payments to Dr. Essay from 47 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 29% of the total. Nevro Corp. paid the most, $100,857.
General payments to Dr. Essay by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Essay by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Education speaker fees$37,63829%
- Speaker and faculty fees$26,65021%
- Travel and lodging$24,11819%
- Consulting fees$23,88119%
- Other$15,54812%
Companies that paid Dr. Essay the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Phillip E. Essay has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Essay, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.
Awards and honors for Dr. Essay
- 2013
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Phillip E. Essay graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Dr. Essay graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Essay is a member of AAPM.
- Medical school
- Board certified in anesthesiology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Phillip E. Essay accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers
Dr. Essay is in network with 17 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Aetna
- Alliant Health Plans
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +9 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Essay accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO12
- HMO7
- Medicare6
- POS4
- EPO3
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Phillip E. Essay's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Phillip E. Essay's NPI number?
Dr. Phillip E. Essay's NPI number is 1801851175. It was assigned on April 19, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Phillip E. Essay?
Dr. Phillip E. Essay is a pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician in Lincoln, Nebraska. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (taxonomy code 207LP2900X).
Where does Dr. Phillip E. Essay practice?
Dr. Essay practices at 8601 Firethorn Lane, Lincoln, NE 68520. Dr. Essay's primary practice is Hillcrest Firethorn in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dmand AI also links Dr. Essay to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 hospice and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Phillip E. Essay's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Essay is (531) 739-3500.
What is Dr. Phillip E. Essay's medical license number?
Dr. Essay holds Nebraska license 18859, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Phillip E. Essay been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Essay in Nebraska (1992 to 2026) and Arizona (1997 to 2008).
Which hospitals is Dr. Phillip E. Essay affiliated with?
Dr. Essay is affiliated with Bryan Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Essay to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Phillip E. Essay part of?
Dr. Essay is linked to Innovative Pain & Spine Specialists. Dmand AI links Dr. Essay to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Phillip E. Essay accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Essay billed Medicare for 15,104 services in 2024, and Dr. Essay accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Phillip E. Essay's MIPS score?
Dr. Essay's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Phillip E. Essay see?
CMS counts 530 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Essay in 2024, with an average age of 75.
Is Dr. Phillip E. Essay board certified?
Yes. Dr. Essay is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
What services does Dr. Phillip E. Essay bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Essay's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1100), injected or infused drug (J1010) and injected or infused drug (J3301).
Where did Dr. Phillip E. Essay go to medical school?
Dr. Essay graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1990.
What drugs does Dr. Phillip E. Essay prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Essay's most prescribed drugs by claims were Duloxetine HCl, Gabapentin and Tizanidine HCl.
Has Dr. Phillip E. Essay received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $127,892 in general payments to Dr. Essay from 47 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Nevro Corp.
How long has Dr. Phillip E. Essay been practicing?
Dr. Essay graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Phillip E. Essay accept?
Dr. Essay is in network with 17 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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