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Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson, MD
NPI1871854554PAC ID1759681299
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,389
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 379
- Part D claims, 2024
- 307
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 86
- Practice address
- 1000 North Lee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73101
- Practice phone
- Call (405) 272-7000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dr. Nelson practices at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of SSM Health Care.
Dr. Nelson's NPI, 1871854554, was assigned on May 30, 2012. Dr. Nelson graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Nelson holds Oklahoma license 29279.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1871854554NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1759681299
- NPI enumeration date
- May 30, 2012
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (405) 272-7000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 45
- Medical school graduation
- 2007
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson practices at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dr. Nelson's primary practice is SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City, at 1000 North Lee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73101 in Oklahoma County. The practice phone is (405) 272-7000.
- SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City1000 North Lee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73101 · Oklahoma CountyPhone(405) 272-7000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Nelson's primary practice is SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of SSM Health Care. Dr. Nelson is also affiliated with SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee. The medical group on file is SSM Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nelson to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - ShawneeSSM Health Medical Group1 hospitalName with a free account2 group practices and clinicsNames with a free account2 medical groupsNames with a free account
See all 8 affiliations for Dr. NelsonSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nelson practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson is one of 26 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Oklahoma
Hand surgery is Dr. Nelson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dmand AI has Dr. Nelson's licenses on file in 2 states: Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic hand surgery, OklahomaPrimary
- Orthopaedic surgery, Pennsylvania
Orthopaedic hand surgery physicians near Dr. Nelson
Counts of orthopaedic hand surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
26orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Oklahoma15orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Oklahoma City
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson billed Medicare for 1,389 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,389 Medicare services from Dr. Nelson across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 379 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $114,154 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,389
Medicare patients379
Paid by Medicare$114,154
Procedure codes20
Dr. Nelson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 5452024: 46016%
- Imaging
- 2023: 4912024: 44210%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2502024: 28313%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1842024: 16013%
- Other services
- 2023: 402024: 2928%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 02024: 15
Where Dr. Nelson's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,27792%
- In a facility1128%
Dr. Nelson compared with the Oklahoma median for orthopaedic hand surgery physicians, 2024
- Dr. Nelson
- Oklahoma median
- Medicare services
- 1,389vs 1,19316% above
- Medicare patients
- 379vs 33613% above
- Part D claims
- 270vs 19836% above
Medians across 25 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Oklahoma 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. Clayton Ellis Nelson treated 379 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nelson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 223 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nelson's median patient age at 66, with 56% women.
Medicare patients, 2024379
Average age72
Average risk score1.10
Also on Medicaid5%
Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women24164%
- Men13836%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol74%
- Arthritis69%
- Diabetes29%
- Anxiety27%
- Ischemic heart disease27%
- Mood disorders25%
- Depression21%
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 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women56%
- Men43%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson wrote 307 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Nelson wrote 307 Medicare Part D claims for 195 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 270 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,460 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 252 claims across 3 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024307
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$2,460
Part D patients195
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
- Opioids83%255 of 307 claims
- Antibiotics10%31 of 307 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: 2522024: 2707%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 3 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. Clayton Ellis Nelson scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 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 counts 22 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Nelson, more than 66% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Nelson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 86of 100Final score
- 80.4of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 73of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Nelson ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 66th percentile22 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Nelson in 2016. Dr. Nelson's most frequent co-author is Dustin I. Judd, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Nelson's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Nelson
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson received $45,690 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 111 general payments to Dr. Nelson from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Pylant Medical paid the most, $19,533.
General payments to Dr. Nelson by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Nelson by kind, 2016 to 2025
$45.7Kin total
- Education$36,07279%
- Food and beverage$5,27312%
- Grants$2,5005%
- Travel and lodging$1,2313%
- Other$5151%
Companies that paid Dr. Nelson 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. Clayton Ellis Nelson graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Dr. Nelson graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2007.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson's NPI number?
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson's NPI number is 1871854554. It was assigned on May 30, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson?
Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XS0106X).
Where does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson practice?
Dr. Nelson practices at 1000 North Lee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73101. Dr. Nelson's primary practice is SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of SSM Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nelson to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Nelson is (405) 272-7000.
What is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson's medical license number?
Dr. Nelson holds Oklahoma license 29279, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Nelson in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
Which hospitals is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson affiliated with?
Dr. Nelson practices at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dr. Nelson is also affiliated with SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee. Dmand AI links Dr. Nelson to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson part of?
Dr. Nelson is linked to SSM Health Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Nelson to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nelson billed Medicare for 1,389 services in 2024, and Dr. Nelson accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson's MIPS score?
Dr. Nelson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson see?
CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nelson in 2024, with an average age of 72.
What services does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Nelson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), diagnostic imaging (73130) and injected or infused drug (J0702).
Where did Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson go to medical school?
Dr. Nelson graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2007.
What drugs does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nelson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Cephalexin.
Has Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $45,690 in general payments to Dr. Nelson from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Pylant Medical.
How long has Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson been practicing?
Dr. Nelson graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.
Does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Nelson.
Who does Dr. Clayton Ellis Nelson publish with?
Dr. Nelson's most frequent co-authors are Dustin I. Judd, MD (1 shared paper).
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