What is Heather North's specialty?

Heather North (NPI 1780780668) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Hendersonville, NC.

Where does Heather North practice?

Heather North practices in Hendersonville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1780780668.

How much does Medicare pay Heather North?

Heather North (NPI 1780780668) received approximately $43K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 276 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780780668

Heather NorthMD

PRACTICEQUALITY HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATESSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyHendersonville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

519

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

923

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$42K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 164 Rheumatology providers in NC — below median (cohort median 28,282).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,940

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.7M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone391 claims

Methotrexate Sodium372 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate362 claims

Leflunomide71 claims

Etanercept54 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.4

Quality

77.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.65%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$64

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$64

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$64

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Heather North'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM	219	838
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT GULFPORT	39	139
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	37	88
POLCHOW, THURMAN	21	46
William Passarelli Cardiology · Pascagoula, MS	19	65
James Carter Diagnostic Radiology · Ocean Springs, MS	18	32
Nicole Walton Rheumatology · Ocean Springs, MS	18	28
Joe Furr Internal Medicine · Chattanooga, TN	17	31
Eva Magiros Cardiology · Biloxi, MS	14	28
Roland Mestayer Diagnostic Radiology · Pascagoula, MS	12	22
Gary Rodberg Pulmonary Disease · Hendersonville, NC	11	50
Amber Colville Internal Medicine · Ocean Springs, MS	11	58

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

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