Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP

Individual provider Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1518588037

Abby Kay Hovater, CRNP is a Nurse Practitioner in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Qualified in 2020, 6 years ago. Practices with Avalon Medical Group, a 22-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama.

Years since qualifying
6
Licensed in
AL
In the registry since
2020
What do these letters mean?
CRNP — Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
The title Pennsylvania and some other states use for a nurse practitioner.

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Practice location Address checks out

2410 Avalon Ave
Muscle Shoals, AL 35661-3283
Phone: (256) 386-0808
Fax: (256) 389-8904
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Specialties & licences

Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363L00000X · Licence 1-11649 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1518588037
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials CRNP
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 6, 2020
Last updated in NPPESOctober 3, 2025
Certification dateOctober 3, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2020 (6 years in practice)
Group practice Avalon Medical Group — 22 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients260
Services billed 2,515 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,029 53 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Helen Keller Hospital Hospital · Sheffield, AL

Colleagues at Avalon Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 22 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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