NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA

Physician Assistant · Bluffton, SC

Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Bluffton, South Carolina, and NPI 1467838979, issued on Aug 6, 2015. Check the license (South Carolina 2949, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1467838979
Name
Heather Kerle Casalicchio
Credential
PA
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License numbers
2949 SC
MA057573 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
350 Fording Island RD Ste 100, Bluffton, SC 29910
Phone
(843) 837-4400
Enumerated
Aug 6, 2015
Record last updated
Apr 1, 2026
Fax
(843) 837-4440
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180427000000); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 350 Fording Island RD Ste 100

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Nicholas Cassel, PA-CPhysician Assistant1922564822
  2. Audrey Green, M.D.Dermatology Physician1962834259
  3. Ansley Hiers, PA-CPhysician Assistant1134886989
  4. Jeffrey Kristan, PA-CPhysician Assistant1922584507
  5. Rosanne Paul, DODermatology Physician1588907711
  6. Jonathan Samaha, PA-CPhysician Assistant1881029965

Verify Heather Kerle Casalicchio in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
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  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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13% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

934 Medicare Part D claims for 482 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.

  1. Heather Casalicchio934
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Ketoconazole150 claims
  2. Triamcinolone Acetonide137 claims
  3. Betamethasone Dipropionate108 claims
  4. Clobetasol Propionate84 claims
  5. Mupirocin54 claims
  6. Doxycycline Hyclate47 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: $28.56

2 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.

  1. Heather Casalicchio$28.56
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. May River DermatologyBluffton, SC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Heather Kerle Casalicchio among 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina

Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA is one of 2,294 physician assistant records with a practice address in South 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 2015, is newer than 36% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 36% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2019 among the 1,516 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 31% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

24 physician assistant records list a practice address in Bluffton

They are 24 of the 820 NPPES records with a practice address in Bluffton, and 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alyssa Anderson, PA-CBluffton, SC 299101174944755
  2. Kathleen Hefferon, PABluffton, SC 299101295755312
  3. Ketura Isidore, PABluffton, SC 299101902147176
  4. John Kurtz, PA-CBluffton, SC 299101194934018
  5. Amanda Medlin, PABluffton, SC 299101538279005
  6. Carleton Mentzer, PA-CBluffton, SC 299101679540587
  7. Nikki Newman, PABluffton, SC 299101851694905
  8. Colleen Patton, PABluffton, SC 299101902160930

Common questions

What is Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA's NPI number?

Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467838979, issued on Aug 6, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 350 Fording Island RD Ste 100, Bluffton, SC, 29910. Phone: (843) 837-4400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 2949, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA had 934 Medicare Part D claims for 482 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Heather Kerle Casalicchio, PA'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.