Heather Coates, P.A.-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Dickson, TN
Heather Coates, P.A.-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Dickson, Tennessee, and NPI 1992740682, issued on Jun 18, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 1298, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Coates
- Credential
- P.A.-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 1298 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 758 Highway 46 S, Dickson, TN 37055
- Phone
- (615) 446-2708
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 441-5121
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131023001302); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Coates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 1298Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
659 Medicare Part D claims for 410 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate58 claims
- Azithromycin50 claims
- Prednisone40 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass34 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro33 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim25 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $394.97
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Dickson Medical Associates, PCDickson, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Coates among 616 medical physician assistant records in Tennessee
Heather Coates, P.A.-C is one of 616 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2015 among the 369 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 45% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
7 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Dickson
They are 7 of the 588 NPPES records with a practice address in Dickson, and 616 medical physician assistant records in Tennessee.
All 616 in Tennessee → Every provider in Dickson → Medical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Eden Buchanan, CNMTDickson, TN 370551164091146
- Tiffany Dotson, PA-CDickson, TN 370551033459672
- Carolyn EllisDickson, TN 370551104291533
- Jeffrey Kauppi, PADickson, TN 370551720081821
- Austin Marlow, PADickson, TN 370551316462740
- Marla Smith, PACDickson, TN 370551437217197
- Michael StewartDover, TN 370581174162416
- John Fussell, PA-CErin, TN 370611679265490
Common questions
What is Heather Coates, P.A.-C's NPI number?
Heather Coates, P.A.-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992740682, issued on Jun 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Coates, P.A.-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 758 Highway 46 S, Dickson, TN, 37055. Phone: (615) 446-2708. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Coates, P.A.-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 1298, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Coates, P.A.-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Coates, P.A.-C had 659 Medicare Part D claims for 410 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions 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. 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.