Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A.
Physician Assistant · Winston Salem, NC
Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A. is a physician assistant with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1568562320, issued on Sep 22, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 101614, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Deborah Friel Zimmermann
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 101614 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2927 Lyndhurst Avenue, Winston Salem, NC 27103
- Phone
- (336) 765-9350
- Enumerated
- Sep 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160628000579); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Deborah Friel Zimmermann in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 101614Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
328 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Valacyclovir65 claims
- Estradiol47 claims
- Fluconazole15 claims
- Estradiol (Twice Weekly)13 claims
- Sumatriptan Succinate12 claims
- Oxybutynin Chloride Er11 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): 91.1 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: $86.00
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mayne Pharma Commercial 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 one group practice
- Uwh OF The Carolinas PLLCWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Deborah Friel Zimmermann among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A. 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
665 physician assistant records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 665 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A.'s NPI number?
Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568562320, issued on Sep 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2927 Lyndhurst Avenue, Winston Salem, NC, 27103. Phone: (336) 765-9350. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 101614, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A. had 328 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Deborah Friel Zimmermann, P.A.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.1 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.