Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson, MD

  • Blacksburg, VA
  • Otolaryngologist
NPI1942439096PAC ID6103068432
Medicare services, 2024
782
Medicare patients, 2024
381
Part D claims, 2024
857
MIPS score, 2024
83
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
830 Davis St, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Practice phone
Call (540) 772-3671
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Primary practice

Lewis Gale Physicians

Blacksburg, Virginia

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Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson is an otolaryngologist in Blacksburg, Virginia

Dr. Nelson practices at Lewis Gale Physicians in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dr. Nelson's NPI, 1942439096, was assigned on July 10, 2009. Dr. Nelson graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Nelson holds Virginia license 0101256585.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6103068432
NPI enumeration date
July 10, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(540) 772-3671
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

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

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson practices at Lewis Gale Physicians in Blacksburg, Virginia

Dr. Nelson's primary practice is Lewis Gale Physicians, at 830 Davis St, Blacksburg, VA 24060 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (540) 772-3671.

  • Lewis Gale Physicians
    830 Davis St, Blacksburg, VA 24060 · Montgomery CountyPhone(540) 772-3671

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Nelson's primary practice is Lewis Gale Physicians in Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Nelson is also affiliated with LewisGale Hospital Montgomery. The medical group on file is LewisGale Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nelson to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nelson practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Lewis Gale PhysiciansAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson is one of 260 otolaryngologists in Virginia

Otolaryngology is Dr. Nelson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Nelson is licensed in Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Otolaryngology, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101256585 · taxonomy 207Y00000X

Otolaryngologists near Dr. Nelson

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260otolaryngologists in Virginia
2otolaryngologists in Blacksburg

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

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson billed Medicare for 782 services in 2024

CMS data shows 782 Medicare services from Dr. Nelson across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 381 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $59,784 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024782
Medicare patients381
Paid by Medicare$59,784
Procedure codes9

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6322024: 55013%
Surgery
2023: 2132024: 2329%

Dr. Nelson compared with the Virginia median for otolaryngologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nelson
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
782vs 7317% above
Medicare patients
381vs 382Close to median
Part D claims
726vs 1465.0 times

Medians across 236 otolaryngologists in Virginia 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. Jennifer Leigh Nelson treated 381 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 381 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nelson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 159 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.09, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nelson's median patient age at 37, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024381
Average age76
Average risk score1.09
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nelson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women22860%
  • Men15340%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure72%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Anxiety28%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Chronic kidney disease24%
  7. Diabetes24%
  8. Atrial fibrillation22%

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

Dr. Nelson's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 37

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men41%

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

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson wrote 857 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nelson wrote 857 Medicare Part D claims for 240 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 726 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,847 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 706 claims across 19 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024857
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$11,847
Part D patients240

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

  • Generic836 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other21 claims2%

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

  • Opioids1%12 of 857 claims
  • Antibiotics8%72 of 857 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: 7062024: 7263%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 19 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. Jennifer Leigh Nelson scored 83 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 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.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Nelson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 83of 100Final score
  • 66.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 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. Jennifer Leigh Nelson received $5,022 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 125 general payments to Dr. Nelson from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 77% of the total. Entellus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $1,708.

General payments to Dr. Nelson by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nelson by kind, 2016 to 2025

$5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,84577%
  • Travel and lodging$1,12122%
  • Education$561%

Companies that paid Dr. Nelson the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine

Dr. Nelson graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 2009.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Washington School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Jennifer Leigh 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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)
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. Jennifer Leigh Nelson's NPI number?

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson's NPI number is 1942439096. It was assigned on July 10, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson?

Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson is an otolaryngologist in Blacksburg, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).

Where does Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson practice?

Dr. Nelson practices at 830 Davis St, Blacksburg, VA 24060. Dr. Nelson's primary practice is Lewis Gale Physicians in Blacksburg, Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nelson to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nelson is (540) 772-3671.

What is Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson's medical license number?

Dr. Nelson holds Virginia license 0101256585.

Which hospitals is Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson affiliated with?

Dr. Nelson is affiliated with LewisGale Hospital Montgomery. Dmand AI links Dr. Nelson to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson part of?

Dr. Nelson is linked to LewisGale Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Nelson to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nelson billed Medicare for 782 services in 2024, and Dr. Nelson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson's MIPS score?

Dr. Nelson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 83 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson see?

CMS counts 381 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nelson in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nelson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: ear (69210).

Where did Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson go to medical school?

Dr. Nelson graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 2009.

What drugs does Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nelson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ipratropium Bromide, Fluticasone Propionate and Clotrimazole-Betamethasone.

Has Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,022 in general payments to Dr. Nelson from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Entellus Medical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Jennifer Leigh Nelson been practicing?

Dr. Nelson graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

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