Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III, DO

  • Reading, PA
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1740714062PAC ID7416226303
Medicare services, 2024
125,317
Medicare patients, 2024
607
Part D claims, 2024
1,649
Publications
9
MIPS score, 2024
86
Practice address
420 S 5th Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611
Practice phone
Call (610) 988-8000
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Primary practice

Reading Hospital

Hospital · West Reading, Pennsylvania

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Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III is a rheumatologist in Reading, Pennsylvania

Dr. Nicholas practices at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Tower Health.

Dr. Nicholas' NPI, 1740714062, was assigned on April 13, 2017. Dr. Nicholas graduated from Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, Sewanee in 2017. Dr. Nicholas holds Pennsylvania license OS021964.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7416226303
NPI enumeration date
April 13, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(610) 988-8000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
35
Medical school graduation
2017

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

Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III practices at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania

Dr. Nicholas' primary practice is Reading Hospital, at 420 S 5th Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611 in Berks County. The practice phone is (610) 988-8000.

  • Reading Hospital
    420 S 5th Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611 · Berks CountyPhone(610) 988-8000

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Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Nicholas' primary practice is Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Tower Health. Dr. Nicholas is also affiliated with Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. The medical group on file is Phoenix Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nicholas to 3 more hospitals, 2 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. Peter Daniel Nicholas III's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Reading HospitalAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III is one of 357 rheumatologists in Pennsylvania

Rheumatology is Dr. Nicholas' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Nicholas is licensed in Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense OT017580 · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Rheumatologists near Dr. Nicholas

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

Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III billed Medicare for 125,317 services in 2024

CMS data shows 125,317 Medicare services from Dr. Nicholas across 41 procedure codes in 2024, for 607 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $998,452 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024125,317
Medicare patients607
Paid by Medicare$998,452
Procedure codes41

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 8,1222024: 122,4251407%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6422024: 91743%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2032024: 695242%
Other services
2023: 02024: 382
Surgery
2023: 2592024: 34935%
Lab and pathology
2023: 5452024: 30145%
Imaging
2023: 2392024: 2484%

Dr. Nicholas compared with the Pennsylvania median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nicholas
  • Pennsylvania median
Medicare services
125,317vs 1,165107.6 times
Medicare patients
607vs 2562.4 times
Part D claims
1,413vs 1,19019% above

Medians across 340 rheumatologists in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nicholas' 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. Peter Daniel Nicholas III treated 607 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 607 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nicholas in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 315 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nicholas' median patient age at 72, with 77% women.

Medicare patients, 2024607
Average age74
Average risk score1.11

Dr. Nicholas' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nicholas' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women45875%
  • Men14925%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Nicholas' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure74%
  4. Osteoporosis54%
  5. Anxiety30%
  6. Mood disorders28%
  7. Diabetes27%
  8. Depression24%

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

Dr. Nicholas' patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women77%
  • Men22%

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

Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III wrote 1,649 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nicholas wrote 1,649 Medicare Part D claims for 383 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,413 of them, across 23 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $108,573 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,068 claims across 22 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,649
Drugs named by CMS23
Total drug cost$108,573
Part D patients383

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

  • Generic1,566 claims95%
  • Brand-name83 claims5%

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

  • Opioids17%276 of 1,649 claims
  • Antibiotics1%18 of 1,649 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: 1,0682024: 1,41332%

Drugs named by CMS: 23 in 2024, 22 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. Peter Daniel Nicholas III 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. Nicholas for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Nicholas accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Nicholas' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 90.6of 100Quality
  • 93of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 70of 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. Peter Daniel Nicholas III has 9 publications on record

Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Nicholas, published from 2016 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Anemia, Aplastic and Clone Cells. Dr. Nicholas has published most often in Blood Adv. Dr. Nicholas' most frequent co-authors are Daria V. Babushok, MD, PhD, Timothy Olson, MD, PhD and Ian D. Garrahy, DO.

Papers9
Years published2016 to 2025

Dr. Nicholas' papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Nicholas writes about most

  • Anemia, Aplastic
  • Clone Cells

Dr. Nicholas' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Nicholas

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Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III received $5,718 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 218 general payments to Dr. Nicholas from 23 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $1,115.

General payments to Dr. Nicholas by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nicholas by kind, 2017 to 2025

$5.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,28192%
  • Education$4378%

Companies that paid Dr. Nicholas the most, 2017 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. Peter Daniel Nicholas III graduated from Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, Sewanee

Dr. Nicholas graduated from Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, Sewanee in 2017.

  1. Medical schoolPhiladelphia Col of Osteo Med, Sewanee

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III'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. Peter Daniel Nicholas III's NPI number?

Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III's NPI number is 1740714062. It was assigned on April 13, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III?

Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III is a rheumatologist in Reading, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III practice?

Dr. Nicholas practices at 420 S 5th Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611. Dr. Nicholas' primary practice is Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Tower Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nicholas to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nicholas is (610) 988-8000.

What is Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III's medical license number?

Dr. Nicholas holds Pennsylvania license OS021964.

Which hospitals is Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III affiliated with?

Dr. Nicholas practices at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Nicholas is also affiliated with Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Nicholas to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III part of?

Dr. Nicholas is linked to Phoenix Physical Therapy. Dmand AI links Dr. Nicholas to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nicholas billed Medicare for 125,317 services in 2024, and Dr. Nicholas accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III's MIPS score?

Dr. Nicholas' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III see?

CMS counts 607 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nicholas in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nicholas' most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3262), injected or infused drug (J0717) and injected or infused drug (J3111).

Where did Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III go to medical school?

Dr. Nicholas graduated from Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, Sewanee in 2017.

What drugs does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nicholas' most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Tramadol HCl and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,718 in general payments to Dr. Nicholas from 23 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.

How long has Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III been practicing?

Dr. Nicholas graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.

Does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III do research?

Dmand AI links 9 publications to Dr. Nicholas, published from 2016 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Peter Daniel Nicholas III publish with?

Dr. Nicholas' most frequent co-authors are Daria V. Babushok, MD, PhD (5 shared papers), Timothy Olson, MD, PhD (5 shared papers) and Ian D. Garrahy, DO (3 shared papers).

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