Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Birmingham, AL
Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1710536958, issued on Sep 10, 2019. Check the license (Alabama 1-152938, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Nicole Ford
- Credential
- CRNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
- License number
- 1-152938 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3690 Grandview Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35243
- Phone
- (205) 971-7500
- Enumerated
- Sep 10, 2019
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2025
- Fax
- (205) 971-7571
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191220001788); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Nicole Ford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 1-152938Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024
186 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel47 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium32 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate11 claims
- Ranolazine Er11 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: $818.00
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 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
- Affinity Cardiovascular Specialists LLCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Nicole Ford among 959 acute care nurse practitioner records in Alabama
Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP is one of 959 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Alabama. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 56% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2018 among the 659 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2100X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
452 acute care nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 452 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 959 acute care nurse practitioner records in Alabama.
All 959 in Alabama → Every provider in Birmingham → Acute Care Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP's NPI number?
Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710536958, issued on Sep 10, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3690 Grandview Pkwy, Birmingham, AL, 35243. Phone: (205) 971-7500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 1-152938, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Nicole Ford, CRNP had 186 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. 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.