Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP

Individual provider Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1538511225

Francis Sterling Penland, PMHNP is a Nurse Practitioner in Hickory, North Carolina. Qualified in 2016, 10 years ago. Practices with The Mental Health Fund Inc, a 19-clinician group, works from 2 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
10
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2016
What do these letters mean?
PMHNP — Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
A nurse practitioner specialising in mental health, able to prescribe psychiatric medication.

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Practice location Address checks out

327 1st Ave NW
Hickory, NC 28601
Phone: (828) 695-5900
Fax: (828) 695-4256
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 301 E Meeting St, Morganton, NC 28655-3593 — (828) 624-1900

Specialties & licences

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LP0808X · Licence 5008694 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1538511225
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials PMHNP
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 6, 2016
Last updated in NPPESAugust 17, 2018

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2016 (10 years in practice)
Group practice The Mental Health Fund Inc — 19 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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 patients167
Services billed 591 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age54

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 $4,900 277 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $201 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at The Mental Health Fund Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 19 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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