Claire Thetford
Physician Assistant · Asheville, NC
Claire Thetford is a physician assistant with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1972112084, issued on Jul 24, 2020. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claire Thetford
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 2 Walden Ridge Dr Ste 20B, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 585-2178
- Enumerated
- Jul 24, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jan 22, 2025
- Fax
- (828) 276-7923
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210927001114); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Claire Thetford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina 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
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
123 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium16 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa13 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: $687.27
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Almatica Pharma LLC. 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 3 group practices
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncMarion, NC
- Tender Loving Care Homes IncAsheville, NC
- Western North Carolina Community Health Services Inc.Asheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Claire Thetford among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Claire Thetford is one of 9,279 physician assistant records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 67% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 35% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
363 physician assistant records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 363 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Staci Boudreaux, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031487649091
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- Lorry Cizek, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031902898042
- Joseph Decosta, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031750371605
- Lori Golden, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031942295704
- Richard Hefner, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031427050202
- Heather Hopper, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031972508349
- John Kennedy, PA-CAsheville, NC 288031003810706
Common questions
What is Claire Thetford's NPI number?
Claire Thetford's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972112084, issued on Jul 24, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claire Thetford located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2 Walden Ridge Dr Ste 20B, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 585-2178. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claire Thetford's license?
Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Claire Thetford prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Claire Thetford had 123 Medicare Part D claims for 11 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.