Heather Lea Garza, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Santa Cruz, CA
Heather Lea Garza, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Santa Cruz, California, and NPI 1457601676, issued on Sep 14, 2012. Check the license (California 95005736, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Lea Garza
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License numbers
- 95005736 CA
803410 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1510 Capitola RD, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
- Phone
- (831) 427-3500
- Enumerated
- Sep 14, 2012
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Lea Garza in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 95005736Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
701 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium33 claims
- Lisinopril30 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate28 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa21 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen20 claims
- Gabapentin18 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.
Heather Lea Garza among 16,966 family nurse practitioner records in California
Heather Lea Garza, NP is one of 16,966 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 21% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 21% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 40% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
56 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Santa Cruz
They are 56 of the 5,138 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Cruz, and 16,966 family nurse practitioner records in California.
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Common questions
What is Heather Lea Garza, NP's NPI number?
Heather Lea Garza, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457601676, issued on Sep 14, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Lea Garza, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1510 Capitola RD, Santa Cruz, CA, 95062. Phone: (831) 427-3500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Lea Garza, NP's license?
NPPES lists California license number 95005736, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Lea Garza, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Lea Garza, NP had 701 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.