Bethany Hughes, PA
Physician Assistant · Austin, TX
Bethany Hughes, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1689080616, issued on Jul 10, 2014. Check the license with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bethany Hughes
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 3500 Jefferson St, Austin, TX 78731
- Phone
- (512) 451-0139
- Enumerated
- Jul 10, 2014
- Record last updated
- Sep 17, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (512) 323-5880
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141024001850); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bethany Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,165 Medicare Part D claims for 445 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ketoconazole217 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide119 claims
- Betamethasone Dipropionate114 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate105 claims
- Mupirocin105 claims
- Hydrocortisone64 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): 95.8 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: $1,515.27
88 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bethany Hughes among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Bethany Hughes, 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 2014, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 40% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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).
607 physician assistant records list a practice address in Austin
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Common questions
What is Bethany Hughes, PA's NPI number?
Bethany Hughes, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689080616, issued on Jul 10, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bethany Hughes, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3500 Jefferson St, Austin, TX, 78731. Phone: (512) 451-0139. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bethany Hughes, PA's license?
Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Bethany Hughes, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bethany Hughes, PA had 1,165 Medicare Part D claims for 445 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bethany Hughes, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.8 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.