Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · San Antonio, TX
Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1497177166, issued on Jan 14, 2014. Check the license (Texas AP124819, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather N. Bridgeford
- Credential
- CNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License numbers
- AP124819 TX
728900 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7909 Fredericksburg RD Ste 210, San Antonio, TX 78229
- Phone
- (210) 614-4544
- Enumerated
- Jan 14, 2014
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Fax
- (210) 679-3717
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150217000829); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather N. Bridgeford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license AP124819Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
2,019 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 28% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Gemtesa249 claims
- Estradiol240 claims
- Myrbetriq234 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl130 claims
- Cephalexin117 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate103 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: $2,480.31
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axonics, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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 2 group practices
- Urology Partners OF North Texas, PLLCArlington, TX
- Urology San Antonio P ASan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather N. Bridgeford among 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas
Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP is one of 21,242 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 75% 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 22% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 22% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2018 among the 11,286 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 363LF0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,362 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in San Antonio
They are 1,362 of the 37,749 NPPES records with a practice address in San Antonio, and 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas.
All 21,242 in Texas → Every provider in San Antonio → Family Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP's NPI number?
Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497177166, issued on Jan 14, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7909 Fredericksburg RD Ste 210, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Phone: (210) 614-4544. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number AP124819, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP had 2,019 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather N. Bridgeford, CNP'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.