NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Desire Hightower

Personal Care Attendant · Bluefield, WV

Desire Hightower is a personal care attendant with a practice address in Bluefield, West Virginia, and NPI 1487251146, issued on Oct 6, 2020. Check the license with the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1487251146
Name
Desire Hightower
Primary taxonomy
Personal Care Attendant 3747P1801X
Practice location
416 Union St, Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone
(304) 922-6311
Enumerated
Oct 6, 2020
Record last updated
Oct 6, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich West Virginia board licenses this professionCheck the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Desire Hightower among 30,816 personal care attendant records in West Virginia

Desire Hightower is one of 30,816 personal care attendant records with a practice address in West Virginia. under 1% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than under 1% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · under 1% of these records are older, 75% newer
  • In a Medicare fileNo · under 1% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 0% of these records are
  • Record last updated2020 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 3747P1801X and a West Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

116 personal care attendant records list a practice address in Bluefield

They are 116 of the 573 NPPES records with a practice address in Bluefield, and 30,816 personal care attendant records in West Virginia. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.

The 8 personal care attendant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Aither DyePrinceton, WV 247011063015139
  2. Koketa FitzgeraldBluefield, WV 247011750994364
  3. Kellie GillianBluefield, WV 247011720685480
  4. Tonya GordonPrinceton, WV 247011932702198
  5. Oretha GreenBluefield, WV 247011366045502
  6. Robin HowingtonPrinceton, WV 247011750984977
  7. Michelle JurneyBluefield, WV 247011124626411
  8. Latasha LambertBluefield, WV 247011760084495

Common questions

What is Desire Hightower's NPI number?

Desire Hightower's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487251146, issued on Oct 6, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Desire Hightower located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 416 Union St, Bluefield, WV, 24701. Phone: (304) 922-6311. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Desire Hightower's license?

Search the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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. 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.