Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Chicago Heights, IL
Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and NPI 1831324789, issued on May 21, 2009. Check the license (Illinois 036.122487, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 036.122487 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 30 E 15TH St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
- Phone
- (312) 206-1064
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2024
- Fax
- (708) 991-2630
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090610000486); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036.122487Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
92 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin18 claims
- Prednisone12 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): 81.1 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationPark Ridge, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois
Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 44% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago Heights
They are 23 of the 346 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago Heights, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD's NPI number?
Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831324789, issued on May 21, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 30 E 15TH St, Chicago Heights, IL, 60411. Phone: (312) 206-1064. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.122487, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD had 92 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Ines Dieperink Optholt, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.1 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.