NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Physician Assistant NPI 1326392051 PA-C
Verify on CMS → Catherine Edwards, PA-C
Physician Assistant in Dripping Springs, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 156,084 in Physician Assistant, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 131 beneficiaries · Physician Assistant avg: 832
MIPS score
84/100
▲ 1 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$26.22
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Catherine Edwards, PA-C reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,097 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 84/100
- MIPS score · +1 vs avg
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- $26.22
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥42nd
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Catherine Edwards, PA-C
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1326392051), first enumerated 11/02/2012.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,097 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$26.22 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Catherine Edwards, PA-C's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: TMB annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1326392051 · Physician Assistant
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-INLINE · RX-MID · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1326392051
- ENUM-MID 2012
- TAX-MEGA 156K Physician Assistant
- MIPS-INLINE 84/100
- RX-MID 1,097
- BOOK-MID 10,307 in Texas
- PHOTO-FINISH Yasmin Alaran · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Edwards · this p…
Edwards · this provider
84 MIPS pts
- Jasmina Dukovic,…
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84 MIPS pts
- Yasmin Alaran · …
Yasmin Alaran
84 MIPS pts
- Rachel Catevenis…
Rachel Catevenis, PA-C
84 MIPS pts
- Taylor Diaz, PA-…
Taylor Diaz, PA-C
84 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Catherine Edwards, PA-C's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
84 ≥ 42nd percentile 42% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Catherine Edwards, PA-C sits
This provider among physician assistant peers
Across the 26,497 physician assistant providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Catherine Edwards, PA-C writes more Part D claims than 84% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 41% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Catherine Edwards, PA-C. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about Catherine Edwards, PA-C?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Physician Assistant
Medicare Part D claims
1,097 32% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
84/100 0.5 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Catherine Edwards, PA-C's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Physician Assistant national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 84/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1326392051 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Physician Assistant |
| Credentials | PA-C |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 11/02/2012 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
84.0013
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
94.8666
Quality
51.8043
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Catherine Edwards, PA-C bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Ascension Seton
Dripping Springs, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Catherine Edwards, PA-C. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$26
Largest payer
Stryker Corporation
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Catherine Edwards, PA-C. To verify Catherine Edwards, PA-C's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,097
Total Claims
$59K
Total Drug Cost
131
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,419.567
- Total Day Supply
- 68,938
- Generic Drug Cost
- $11K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 53
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.7 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.87
- Gender Split
- 66% female / 34% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Catherine Edwards, PA-C prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
73 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
70 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium
Rosuvastatin Calcium
69 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
53 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
43 claims
- Citalopram Hbr
Citalopram Hbr
43 claims
- Omeprazole
Omeprazole
32 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate 28
Metoprolol Succinate
28 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 73 |
| Lisinopril | 70 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 69 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 53 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 43 |
| Citalopram Hbr Citalopram Hydrobromide | 43 |
| Omeprazole | 32 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 28 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 28 |
| Ozempic Semaglutide | 24 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Physician Assistant Overview
How Catherine Edwards, PA-C fits within the Physician Assistant landscape nationally.
156,084
Physician Assistant Providers in US
56
States with Physician Assistant
832
Avg Claims per Provider
Catherine Edwards, PA-C's 1,097 claims are above the specialty average of 832.
Nationwide Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Edwards, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (84 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2012)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Physician Assistant Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Edwards.
One of 10,307 Physician Assistant providers enrolled in Texas, 5 are shown here.
Neha Aamir
PA
Pearland, TX
Shaghayegh Ababaf
PA-C
Lewisville, TX
Linda Abad
PA-C
Houston, TX
Hansaa Abbasi
Dallas, TX
Alicia Abbey
MPAS, PA-C
San Antonio, TX
Compare Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Catherine Edwards, PA-C's specialty? ▼
Catherine Edwards, PA-C specializes in Physician Assistant and practices in Dripping Springs, Texas. Credentials: PA-C.
How much does Catherine Edwards, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Catherine Edwards, PA-C wrote 1,097 Medicare Part D claims totaling $59K in drug costs for 131 beneficiaries.
What is Catherine Edwards, PA-C's Medicare quality score? ▼
Catherine Edwards, PA-C has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 84/100 (Quality: 94.9, Cost: 51.8). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Catherine Edwards, PA-C located? ▼
Catherine Edwards, PA-C is located at 249 SPORTSPLEX DR STE 204, Dripping Springs, TX, 78620. Phone: (512) 324-9570.
What is Catherine Edwards, PA-C's NPI number? ▼
Catherine Edwards, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326392051, issued on 11/02/2012.
How many Physician Assistant providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 156,084 Physician Assistant providers across 56 states in the US. The average Physician Assistant provider writes 832 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Catherine Edwards, PA-C prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Catherine Edwards, PA-C's most frequently prescribed drugs include Levothyroxine Sodium, Lisinopril, Rosuvastatin Calcium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Catherine Edwards, PA-C accept Medicare? ▼
Catherine Edwards, PA-C appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,097 Part D claims and 131 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Catherine Edwards, PA-C's credentials? ▼
Catherine Edwards, PA-C's NPI is 1326392051 with credentials PA-C. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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