PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417249087

Heather ThurstonANP-C

PRACTICEMISSION HOSPITALS, INCSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerAsheville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

202

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

407

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$25K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 7,225 Nurse Practitioner providers in NC — above median (cohort median 268).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Empagliflozin13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Heather Thurston's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 4 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
James Hoski Orthopedic Surgery · Asheville, NC	78	245
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	45	79
Luther Person Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC	19	25
Alendia Hartshorn Neurology · Asheville, NC	19	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
James Hoski Orthopedic Surgery · Asheville, NC	64	123
MISSION HOSPITAL INC	37	53
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	35	45
YOUNG, MICHAEL	17	18
Luther Person Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC	11	11
KIEFFER, HENRI	11	13

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

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