Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1992057616, issued on Oct 4, 2012. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA056284, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Andrew Edward Foster
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- MA056284 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4727 Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
- Phone
- (412) 235-5881
- Enumerated
- Oct 4, 2012
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (412) 235-5878
- Medicaid ID
- 1032711260001 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140210000601); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Andrew Edward Foster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA056284Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,116 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium93 claims
- Eliquis91 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate82 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate82 claims
- Losartan Potassium76 claims
- Carvedilol72 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $921.23
44 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Allegheny ClinicLower Burrell, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Andrew Edward Foster among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 42% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
521 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Pittsburgh
They are 521 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C's NPI number?
Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992057616, issued on Oct 4, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4727 Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224. Phone: (412) 235-5881. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA056284, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C had 1,116 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Andrew Edward Foster, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.8 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.