April Starr Herd, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Fresno, CA
April Starr Herd, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1811093826, issued on Sep 16, 2006. Check the license (California 16761, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- April Starr Herd
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 16761 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7085 N Chestnut Ave Ste 101, Fresno, CA 93720
- Phone
- (559) 323-9236
- Enumerated
- Sep 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 1, 2022
- Fax
- (559) 323-0294
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090216000325); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 7085 N Chestnut Ave Ste 101
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify April Starr Herd in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 16761Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
6,431 Medicare Part D claims for 726 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 53% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ozempic556 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium553 claims
- Jardiance387 claims
- Metformin Hcl335 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er303 claims
- Mounjaro297 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $334.75
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Central California Faculty Medical Group IncFresno, CA
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 April Starr Herd, PA-C's NPI number?
April Starr Herd, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811093826, issued on Sep 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is April Starr Herd, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7085 N Chestnut Ave Ste 101, Fresno, CA, 93720. Phone: (559) 323-9236. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify April Starr Herd, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number 16761, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does April Starr Herd, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, April Starr Herd, PA-C had 6,431 Medicare Part D claims for 726 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is April Starr Herd, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.