Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Grand Rapids, MI
Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and NPI 1093815144, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (Michigan 5601004126, as entered in NPPES) with the Michigan board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brenda Jo Wharton
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 5601004126 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 25 Michigan St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
- Phone
- (616) 459-4171
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 30, 2024
- Fax
- (616) 459-0044
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040421000917); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 25 Michigan St NE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Brenda Jo Wharton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Michigan board licenses this profession
Search for license 5601004126Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,542 Medicare Part D claims for 338 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 33 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl295 claims
- Finasteride179 claims
- Myrbetriq139 claims
- Methenamine Hippurate110 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate76 claims
- Estradiol60 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): 97.5 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: $2,451.77
56 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. 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
- Michigan Institute OF Urology PCWyoming, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brenda Jo Wharton among 1,140 medical physician assistant records in Michigan
Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C is one of 1,140 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Michigan. 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 70% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2012 among the 613 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% 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 Michigan practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in Michigan
There are 1,140 medical physician assistant records in Michigan.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Gretchen Holt-Vredevoogd, PA-CGrand Rapids, MI 495031366557688
- Sarah Janke, PAGrand Rapids, MI 495031952313983
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Common questions
What is Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C's NPI number?
Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093815144, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 25 Michigan St NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503. Phone: (616) 459-4171. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Michigan license number 5601004126, as entered by the provider. Search the Michigan board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C had 1,542 Medicare Part D claims for 338 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brenda Jo Wharton, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.5 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.