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

Michelle Kelly Ernest, FNP-BC

Individual provider Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1609218205

Michelle Kelly Ernest, FNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner in Columbus, Georgia. Qualified in 2013, 13 years ago. Practices with Horizons Diagnostics, LLC, a 24-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama and Georgia.

Years since qualifying
13
Licensed in
AL, GA
In the registry since
2013
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
FNP-BC — Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified
A family nurse practitioner certified by the ANCC.

See every abbreviation used in this directory →

Claim this listing Report a problem Suggest an edit

Practice location Address checks out

6262 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 31909-3540
Phone: (706) 324-6661
Show map & directions

Directions in Google Maps · Apple Maps · OpenStreetMap

Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Additional practice locations (2)

  • 512 N Shady Ln, Dothan, AL 36303-2991 — (706) 324-6661
  • 106 Enterprise Ct, Columbus, GA 31904-9227 — (706) 321-0476

Specialties & licences

Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363L00000X · Licence RN162446 (GA)
Nurse Practitioner Taxonomy 363L00000X · Licence 1-111870 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1609218205
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials FNP-BC
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 24, 2013
Last updated in NPPESNovember 20, 2020
Certification dateNovember 20, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2013 (13 years in practice)
Group practice Horizons Diagnostics, L.L.C. — 24 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 patients269
Services billed 1,907 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 $808 33 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

Check a report, or dispute one, at the source in CMS’s own tool, Open Payments. Corrections go through CMS’s dispute process. This site removes a home address on request and asks for no proof, because that is privacy; it will not remove an accurate payment report on request, because that is a statutory public disclosure.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare Hospital · Columbus, GA

Colleagues at Horizons Diagnostics, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 24 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Other providers in Columbus