Debra Diane Peterson, PAC
Medical Physician Assistant · Chico, CA
Debra Diane Peterson, PAC is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Chico, California, and NPI 1285725895, issued on Sep 27, 2006. Check the license (California PA15983, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Debra Diane Peterson
- Credential
- PAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA15983 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 185 East 7TH Ave, Chico, CA 95926
- Phone
- (530) 342-7564
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (530) 342-7585
- Medicaid ID
- OPA159830 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040521000934); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Debra Diane Peterson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA15983Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
9,193 Medicare Part D claims for 710 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 848 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen579 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium513 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium473 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium313 claims
- Lisinopril295 claims
- Losartan Potassium271 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,355.97
61 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Mission Ranch Primary Care IncChico, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Debra Diane Peterson among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California
Debra Diane Peterson, PAC is one of 3,376 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 69% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2012 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 54% 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 California 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 California
There are 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California.
All 3,376 in California → Every provider in Chico → Medical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nathaniel BoddyChico, CA 959261881390854
- Aaron Farmer, PA-CChico, CA 959261275910622
- Rebecca Gibson, PA-CChico, CA 959261336378744
- Kenneth Gillen, PA-CChico, CA 959261225098494
- Mark Jackson, PAChico, CA 959261467612325
- Linda Pendleton, PA-CChico, CA 959261104853597
- Todd Richter, PA-CChico, CA 959261366580466
- David Robbins, PA-CChico, CA 959261164785093
Common questions
What is Debra Diane Peterson, PAC's NPI number?
Debra Diane Peterson, PAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285725895, issued on Sep 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Debra Diane Peterson, PAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 185 East 7TH Ave, Chico, CA, 95926. Phone: (530) 342-7564. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Debra Diane Peterson, PAC's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA15983, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Debra Diane Peterson, PAC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Debra Diane Peterson, PAC had 9,193 Medicare Part D claims for 710 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Debra Diane Peterson, PAC's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.