Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Gulfport, MS
Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Gulfport, Mississippi, and NPI 1720310956, issued on Feb 15, 2010. Check the license (Mississippi PA00276, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anne Hancock Smits
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA00276 MS
C0004154 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1340 Broad Ave Ste 330, Gulfport, MS 39501
- Phone
- (228) 575-1234
- Enumerated
- Feb 15, 2010
- Record last updated
- May 27, 2025
- Fax
- (228) 865-3038
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251022004826); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1340 Broad Ave Ste 330
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Anne Hancock Smits in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license PA00276Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,602 Medicare Part D claims for 264 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 95 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Letrozole105 claims
- Buspirone Hcl79 claims
- Gabapentin75 claims
- Famotidine69 claims
- Anastrozole46 claims
- Omeprazole46 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,642.78
81 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Medical Clinic IncKailua, HI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C's NPI number?
Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720310956, issued on Feb 15, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1340 Broad Ave Ste 330, Gulfport, MS, 39501. Phone: (228) 575-1234. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number PA00276, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anne Hancock Smits, PA-C had 1,602 Medicare Part D claims for 264 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.