NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Heather Lea Dodds, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · West Hartford, CT

Heather Lea Dodds, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in West Hartford, Connecticut, and NPI 1346431376, issued on Aug 6, 2007. Check the license (Connecticut 046168, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1346431376
Name
Heather Lea Dodds
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
046168 CT
239537 MA
018257 ME
MD28539 OR
MD13232 RI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1028 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT 06119
Phone
(860) 836-5961
Enumerated
Aug 6, 2007
Record last updated
Sep 9, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
HD81694 RI
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250325000662); 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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Verify Heather Lea Dodds in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
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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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28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

163 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.

  1. Heather Dodds163
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone21 claims
  2. Cefpodoxime Proxetil19 claims
  3. Doxycycline Hyclate18 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.

2 hospitals and group practices

  1. Rochester General HospitalRochester, NY · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
  2. Mainegeneral Medical CenterAugusta, ME

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

Heather Lea Dodds among 846 emergency medicine physician records in Connecticut

Heather Lea Dodds, M.D. is one of 846 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 35% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 35% of these records are older, 53% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
  • Graduated2005 · median 2011 among the 574 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2010 · 57% 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 Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Connecticut

There are 846 emergency medicine physician records in Connecticut.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Matthew Ledford, D.O.West Hartford, CT 061191659532638
  2. Saeed Ahghari, MDEast Hartford, CT 061181427140862
  3. Stuart Calle, MDNewington, CT 061111740399302
  4. Michael Gutman, MDWest Hartford, CT 061071164420006
  5. Zoe Casey, MDHartford, CT 061061982805644
  6. Raymond Castro, M.D.Hartford, CT 061061811018252
  7. Amelia Curtis, M.D.Hartford, CT 061061568859361
  8. Katherine Daoud, M.D.Hartford, CT 061061902191547

Common questions

What is Heather Lea Dodds, M.D.'s NPI number?

Heather Lea Dodds, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346431376, issued on Aug 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Heather Lea Dodds, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1028 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT, 06119. Phone: (860) 836-5961. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Heather Lea Dodds, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Connecticut license number 046168, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Heather Lea Dodds, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Heather Lea Dodds, M.D. had 163 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.