Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A.
Physician Assistant · Columbus, GA
Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A. is a physician assistant with a practice address in Columbus, Georgia, and NPI 1033381686, issued on Mar 24, 2008. Check the license with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Leigh Forrest
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 6298 Veterans Pkwy Ste 5A, Columbus, GA 31909
- Phone
- (706) 287-9885
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 30, 2025
- Fax
- (800) 289-6001
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080731000350); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6298 Veterans Pkwy Ste 5A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Heather Leigh Forrest in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
24 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $143.84
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ConvaTec 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Columbus Hand Institute LLCColumbus, GA
- Georgialina Physical Therapy Associates LLCAugusta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Leigh Forrest among 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia
Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A. is one of 4,662 physician assistant records with a practice address in Georgia. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 21% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 21% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2018 among the 2,761 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
83 physician assistant records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 83 of the 5,517 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A.'s NPI number?
Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033381686, issued on Mar 24, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6298 Veterans Pkwy Ste 5A, Columbus, GA, 31909. Phone: (706) 287-9885. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A.'s license?
Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Leigh Forrest, P.A. had 24 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.