Ava Smith, PA
Physician Assistant · Bryan, TX
Ava Smith, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Bryan, Texas, and NPI 1023500709, issued on May 30, 2018. Check the license (Texas PA11972, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ava Smith
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA11972 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8441 State Highway 47 Ste 1400, Bryan, TX 77807
- Phone
- (979) 774-8200
- Enumerated
- May 30, 2018
- Record last updated
- Aug 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (877) 601-5854
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180719002144); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8441 State Highway 47 Ste 1400
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ava Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA11972Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,369 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam109 claims
- Aripiprazole87 claims
- Trazodone Hcl84 claims
- Mirtazapine78 claims
- Lamotrigine73 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate67 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: $22.94
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. 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
- Texas Aandm University System Health Science CenterBryan, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ava Smith among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Ava Smith, PA is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 55% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 physician assistant records list a practice address in Bryan
They are 35 of the 1,520 NPPES records with a practice address in Bryan, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ava Smith, PA's NPI number?
Ava Smith, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023500709, issued on May 30, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ava Smith, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8441 State Highway 47 Ste 1400, Bryan, TX, 77807. Phone: (979) 774-8200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ava Smith, PA's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA11972, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ava Smith, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ava Smith, PA had 1,369 Medicare Part D claims for 101 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.