Dr. Florian Nickisch, MD

  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • Orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician
NPI1598748725PAC ID1153381595
Medicare services, 2024
324
Medicare patients, 2024
211
Part D claims, 2024
49
Publications
22
MIPS score, 2024
90
Practice address
50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Practice phone
Call (801) 581-2337
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Primary practice

University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit

Acute Care Hospital-Unit · Salt Lake City, Utah

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Dr. Florian Nickisch is an orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician in Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Nickisch practices at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Nickisch's NPI, 1598748725, was assigned on November 22, 2005. Dr. Nickisch holds Utah license 6475000-1205.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1153381595
NPI enumeration date
November 22, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(801) 581-2337
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1998

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

Dr. Florian Nickisch practices at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit in Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Nickisch's primary practice is University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit, at 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 in Salt Lake County. The practice phone is (801) 581-2337.

  • University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit
    50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 · Salt Lake CountyPhone(801) 581-2337

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Dr. Florian Nickisch is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Nickisch's primary practice is University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Nickisch is also affiliated with University of Utah Hospital. The medical group on file is University of Utah Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nickisch to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Florian Nickisch's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - UnitAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Florian Nickisch is one of 6 orthopaedic foots and ankle surgery physicians in Utah

Foot and ankle surgery is Dr. Nickisch's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XX0004X. Dmand AI has Dr. Nickisch's licenses on file in 2 states: Utah and North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery, UtahPrimaryLicense 6475000-1205 · taxonomy 207XX0004X
  • Orthopaedic surgery, North CarolinaLicense 2005-01034 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopaedic foots and ankle surgery physicians near Dr. Nickisch

Counts of orthopaedic foots and ankle surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

6orthopaedic foots and ankle surgery physicians in Utah
3orthopaedic foots and ankle surgery physicians in Salt Lake City

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

Dr. Florian Nickisch billed Medicare for 324 services in 2024

CMS data shows 324 Medicare services from Dr. Nickisch across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 211 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,929 for them.

Medicare services, 2024324
Medicare patients211
Paid by Medicare$25,929
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2162024: 25619%
Other services
2023: 02024: 47
Surgery
2023: 02024: 21

Where Dr. Nickisch's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office113%
  • In a facility31397%

Dr. Nickisch's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Source: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Florian Nickisch treated 211 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 211 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nickisch in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 108 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 66% have high blood pressure. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.18, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nickisch's median patient age at 69, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024211
Average age71
Average risk score1.18
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Nickisch's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Nickisch's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women11052%
  • Men10148%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure66%
  3. High cholesterol61%
  4. Depression36%
  5. Mood disorders36%
  6. Anxiety27%
  7. Diabetes26%
  8. Ischemic heart disease23%

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

Dr. Nickisch'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

  • Women56%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Florian Nickisch wrote 49 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nickisch wrote 49 Medicare Part D claims for 30 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $47 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 23 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202449
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$47
Part D patients30

Dr. Nickisch's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2019

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. Nickisch's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics37%18 of 49 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, 2018 to 2019

  • 2018
  • 2019
Claims for drugs CMS names
2018: 232019: 1248%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2019, 2 in 2018.

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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. Florian Nickisch scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Nickisch for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nickisch accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Nickisch as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Nickisch's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 91.5of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 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. Florian Nickisch has 22 publications on record

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Nickisch, published from 2010 to 2025. 2012 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Ankle Joint, Joint Instability and Cadaver. Dr. Nickisch has published most often in Foot Ankle Int. Dr. Nickisch's most frequent co-authors are Charles L. Saltzman, MD, Alexej Barg, MD and Timothy C. Beals, MD.

Papers22
Years published2010 to 2025

Dr. Nickisch's papers by year, 2012 to 2025

Topics Dr. Nickisch writes about most

  • Ankle Joint
  • Joint Instability
  • Cadaver
  • Foot
  • Ankle
  • Metatarsophalangeal Joint
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Radiography

Dr. Nickisch's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Nickisch

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Florian Nickisch received $474,257 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 26 general payments to Dr. Nickisch from 12 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Acquisitions make up the largest share, 99% of the total. DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. paid the most, $468,379.

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

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

$474.3Kin total
  • Acquisitions$468,37999%
  • Consulting fees$3,2701%
  • Education$1,2000%
  • Food and beverage$8630%
  • Travel and lodging$5460%

Companies that paid Dr. Nickisch 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

Sources for Dr. Florian Nickisch'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)
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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Florian Nickisch's NPI number?

Dr. Florian Nickisch's NPI number is 1598748725. It was assigned on November 22, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Florian Nickisch?

Dr. Florian Nickisch is an orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician in Salt Lake City, Utah. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XX0004X).

Where does Dr. Florian Nickisch practice?

Dr. Nickisch practices at 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132. Dr. Nickisch's primary practice is University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics - Unit in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nickisch to 2 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Florian Nickisch's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nickisch is (801) 581-2337.

What is Dr. Florian Nickisch's medical license number?

Dr. Nickisch holds Utah license 6475000-1205, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Florian Nickisch been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Nickisch in Utah and North Carolina.

Which hospitals is Dr. Florian Nickisch affiliated with?

Dr. Nickisch is affiliated with University of Utah Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nickisch to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Florian Nickisch part of?

Dr. Nickisch is linked to University of Utah Health.

Does Dr. Florian Nickisch accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nickisch billed Medicare for 324 services in 2024, and Dr. Nickisch accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Florian Nickisch offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Florian Nickisch's MIPS score?

Dr. Nickisch's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Florian Nickisch see?

CMS counts 211 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nickisch in 2024, with an average age of 71.

What services does Dr. Florian Nickisch bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nickisch's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and medicare service (G2211).

What drugs does Dr. Florian Nickisch prescribe most?

In 2019 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nickisch's most prescribed drugs by claims were Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim.

Has Dr. Florian Nickisch received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $474,257 in general payments to Dr. Nickisch from 12 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.

How long has Dr. Florian Nickisch been practicing?

Dr. Nickisch graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.

Does Dr. Florian Nickisch do research?

Dmand AI links 22 publications to Dr. Nickisch, published from 2010 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Florian Nickisch publish with?

Dr. Nickisch's most frequent co-authors are Charles L. Saltzman, MD (12 shared papers), Alexej Barg, MD (9 shared papers) and Timothy C. Beals, MD (4 shared papers).

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