Heather Armes
Physician Assistant · Rio Rancho, NM
Heather Armes is a physician assistant with a practice address in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and NPI 1659774537, issued on Oct 6, 2014. Check the license (New Mexico PA2014-0072, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Armes
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA2014-0072 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 New Mexico Hwy 528 SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
- Phone
- (866) 389-2727
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 12, 2024
- Medicaid ID
- 20358245 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150114001095); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1001 New Mexico Hwy 528 SE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Heather Armes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA2014-0072Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,116 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 33% of claims. 172 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone106 claims
- Abiraterone Acetate105 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl105 claims
- Xtandi75 claims
- Cabometyx65 claims
- Orgovyx46 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): 85.2 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: $308.87
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. 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
- Unm Medical Group IncAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Armes among 847 physician assistant records in New Mexico
Heather Armes is one of 847 physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 45% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 45% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2018 among the 521 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 41% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
36 physician assistant records list a practice address in Rio Rancho
They are 36 of the 2,171 NPPES records with a practice address in Rio Rancho, and 847 physician assistant records in New Mexico.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Elizabeth Belitz, P.A.Albuquerque, NM 871241811007149
- Rebecca Bourbon, P.A.-CRio Rancho, NM 871241003973231
- Timothy Erickson, PA-CRio Rancho, NM 871241447364724
- Manuela Gallegos, PACAlbuquerque, NM 871241548457997
- Sandra Geubelle, PA-CRio Rancho, NM 871241154474401
- April Hawkes, PA-CRio Rancho, NM 871241568658128
- Shannon Lawson, PARio Rancho, NM 871241538467519
- Imtiaz Malik, PA-CRio Rancho, NM 871241356322762
Common questions
What is Heather Armes's NPI number?
Heather Armes's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659774537, issued on Oct 6, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Armes located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 New Mexico Hwy 528 SE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87124. Phone: (866) 389-2727. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Armes's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA2014-0072, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Armes prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Armes had 1,116 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Armes's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.2 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.