Dr. Avery N. Nelson, MD

  • Keene, NH
  • Otolaryngologist
NPI1457844912PAC ID7810244886
Medicare services, 2024
525
Medicare patients, 2024
230
Part D claims, 2024
262
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
84
Practice address
580 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431
Practice phone
Call (603) 354-5400
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Primary practice

Cheshire Medical Center

Hospital · Keene, New Hampshire

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Dr. Avery N. Nelson is an otolaryngologist in Keene, New Hampshire

Dr. Nelson practices at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire, part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health.

Dr. Nelson's NPI, 1457844912, was assigned on June 10, 2018. Dr. Nelson graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Nelson holds New Hampshire license 24202.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7810244886
NPI enumeration date
June 10, 2018
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(603) 354-5400
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
34
Medical school graduation
2018

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

Dr. Avery N. Nelson practices at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire

Dr. Nelson's primary practice is Cheshire Medical Center, at 580 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431 in Cheshire County. The practice phone is (603) 354-5400.

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Dr. Avery N. Nelson is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Nelson's primary practice is Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire, part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. Dr. Nelson is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. The medical group on file is Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nelson to 3 more hospitals, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Avery N. Nelson's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Cheshire Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Avery N. Nelson is one of 42 otolaryngologists in New Hampshire

Otolaryngology is Dr. Nelson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Nelson's licenses on file in 2 states: New Hampshire and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Otolaryngology, New HampshirePrimaryLicense 24202 · taxonomy 207Y00000X
  • Illinois licenseLicense 125.072607

Otolaryngologists near Dr. Nelson

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

Dr. Avery N. Nelson billed Medicare for 525 services in 2024

CMS data shows 525 Medicare services from Dr. Nelson across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 230 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $38,468 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024525
Medicare patients230
Paid by Medicare$38,468
Procedure codes9

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 742024: 360386%
Surgery
2023: 322024: 165416%

Dr. Nelson compared with the New Hampshire median for otolaryngologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nelson
  • New Hampshire median
Medicare services
525vs 4946% above
Medicare patients
230vs 2518% below
Part D claims
183vs 15320% above

Medians across 40 otolaryngologists in New Hampshire with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nelson'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. Avery N. Nelson treated 230 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 230 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nelson in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 95 patients. 60% of them have high blood pressure, and 59% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.23, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nelson's median patient age at 69, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024230
Average age73
Average risk score1.23
Also on Medicaid16%

Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12052%
  • Men11048%

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

  1. High blood pressure60%
  2. High cholesterol59%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Mood disorders31%
  5. Anxiety30%
  6. Depression27%
  7. Ischemic heart disease25%
  8. Diabetes21%

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

Dr. Nelson's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Avery N. Nelson wrote 262 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nelson wrote 262 Medicare Part D claims for 108 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 183 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,713 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 55 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024262
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$1,713
Part D patients108

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

  • Generic261 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims0%

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

  • Opioids9%23 of 262 claims
  • Antibiotics12%32 of 262 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: 552024: 183233%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 4 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. Avery N. Nelson scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Nelson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nelson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Nelson as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Nelson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 84of 100Final score
  • 75.4of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 72of 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. Avery N. Nelson has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Nelson. Dr. Nelson's most frequent co-authors are Eleanor Yuk-Yin Chan, FRCSC, MD, Robert S. Hong, MD and Peter Svider, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Nelson's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Nelson

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Dr. Avery N. Nelson received $2,033 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Nelson from 6 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 40% of the total. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. paid the most, $1,260.

General payments to Dr. Nelson by program year, 2019 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nelson by kind, 2019 to 2025

$2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$80440%
  • Education$62131%
  • Travel and lodging$60830%

Companies that paid Dr. Nelson the most, 2019 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

Dr. Avery N. Nelson graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Dr. Nelson graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2018.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of South Carolina School of Medicine

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Sources for Dr. Avery N. Nelson'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 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Avery N. Nelson's NPI number?

Dr. Avery N. Nelson's NPI number is 1457844912. It was assigned on June 10, 2018, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Avery N. Nelson?

Dr. Avery N. Nelson is an otolaryngologist in Keene, New Hampshire. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).

Where does Dr. Avery N. Nelson practice?

Dr. Nelson practices at 580 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431. Dr. Nelson's primary practice is Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire, part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nelson to 3 hospitals, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Avery N. Nelson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nelson is (603) 354-5400.

What is Dr. Avery N. Nelson's medical license number?

Dr. Nelson holds New Hampshire license 24202, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Avery N. Nelson been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Nelson in New Hampshire and Illinois.

Which hospitals is Dr. Avery N. Nelson affiliated with?

Dr. Nelson practices at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire. Dr. Nelson is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nelson to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Avery N. Nelson part of?

Dr. Nelson is linked to Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Dmand AI links Dr. Nelson to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Avery N. Nelson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nelson billed Medicare for 525 services in 2024, and Dr. Nelson accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Avery N. Nelson offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Nelson as offering telehealth services.

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What is Dr. Avery N. Nelson's MIPS score?

Dr. Nelson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Avery N. Nelson see?

CMS counts 230 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nelson in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Avery N. Nelson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nelson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), surgery: lungs and airway (31575) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Avery N. Nelson go to medical school?

Dr. Nelson graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2018.

What drugs does Dr. Avery N. Nelson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nelson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Fluticasone Propionate, Famotidine and Pantoprazole Sodium.

Has Dr. Avery N. Nelson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,033 in general payments to Dr. Nelson from 6 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.

How long has Dr. Avery N. Nelson been practicing?

Dr. Nelson graduated from medical school in 2018, 8 years ago.

Does Dr. Avery N. Nelson do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Nelson.

Who does Dr. Avery N. Nelson publish with?

Dr. Nelson's most frequent co-authors are Eleanor Yuk-Yin Chan, FRCSC, MD (1 shared paper), Robert S. Hong, MD (1 shared paper) and Peter Svider, MD (1 shared paper).

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