Kristin Marie Ates Hicks, MD, PHD

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

MD.50610 Issued in AL

Practice address

601 Providence Park Dr E
Mobile, AL 36695-4617

Phone

(251) 990-3937

Fax

(251) 990-9990

NPI assigned

Mar 28, 2021

Last updated

Dec 11, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Bay Eyes Cataract and Laser Center IncGroup PAC ID 0547206765, 18 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kahicks@segal.intellechartdirect.net

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Bay Eyes Cataract and Laser Center, Inc.

  dba Southern Eye Group of Alabama

  • Optometrist
  • Fairhope, AL
  • NPI 1396884227
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Southern Eye Group of Alabama, LLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Fairhope, AL
  • NPI 1932547437
  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "411 N SECTION ST",
            "city": "FAIRHOPE",
            "state": "AL",
            "postal_code": "365322649",
            "telephone_number": "251-990-3937",
            "fax_number": "251-990-9990"
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            "address_1": "601 PROVIDENCE PARK DR E",
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        }
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    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "ATES HICKS",
        "first_name": "KRISTIN",
        "middle_name": "MARIE",
        "credential": "MD, PHD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2021-03-28",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-11",
        "certification_date": "2025-12-11",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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}

• Lauren Assaf
• Kevin Nicholas Astle, PHARM.D.
• Atc Medical
• Colin Atchison
• James Tyler Atchison, CRNA
• Raven Brooke Ates, ALC
• Athletes Choice Physical Therapy, LLC
• Athletic & Family Chiropractic, P.C.
• Gerald Neal Atkins
• Jimmy Atkins

• Ophthalmology Physician in Mobile, AL
• Providers in Mobile, AL by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 11, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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