Heather Appril Hento, DPM
Podiatrist · Tacoma, WA
Heather Appril Hento, DPM is a podiatrist with a practice address in Tacoma, Washington, and NPI 1629293378, issued on Apr 16, 2007. Check the license (Washington PO00000828, as entered in NPPES) with the Washington board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Appril Hento
- Credential
- DPM
- Primary taxonomy
- Podiatrist 213E00000X
- License numbers
- PO00000828 WA
5901002183 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7800 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98408
- Phone
- (253) 473-6436
- Enumerated
- Apr 16, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 7, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140602002255); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest podiatrist records → All 192 in Washington → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 7800 Pacific Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Stephen Fuson, DPMPodiatrist1740210947
- Nicholas Heath, DPMPodiatrist1144254640
- Gene Knutson, DMPPodiatrist1487688982
Verify Heather Appril Hento in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Washington board licenses this profession
Search for license PO00000828Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% more Medicare Part D claims than the average podiatrist in 2024
626 Medicare Part D claims for 285 beneficiaries, against an average of 314 among the 6,407 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 50 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin113 claims
- Ciclopirox93 claims
- Terbinafine Hcl80 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate75 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen26 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen23 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $101.09
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. The 4,596 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,476.60 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
- Foot And Ankle InstituteBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Appril Hento among 192 podiatrist records in Washington
Heather Appril Hento, DPM is one of 192 podiatrist records with a practice address in Washington. 70% 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 61% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 61% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2000 among the 130 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 68% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213E00000X and a Washington practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Podiatrist providers in Washington
There are 192 podiatrist records in Washington.
All 192 in Washington → Every provider in Tacoma → Podiatrist nationwide →
The 8 podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stephen Fuson, DPMTacoma, WA 984081740210947
- Nicholas Heath, DPMTacoma, WA 984081144254640
- Gene Knutson, DMPTacoma, WA 984081487688982
- Todd Chappell, DPMTacoma, WA 984051548675192
- Herbert Lo, DPMTacoma, WA 984051164453015
- Robert McBride, DPMTacoma, WA 984051013924836
- Rebecca Omana-Daniels, DPMTacoma, WA 984051639434319
- Eckart Pape, D.P.M.Tacoma, WA 984051689635013
Common questions
What is Heather Appril Hento, DPM's NPI number?
Heather Appril Hento, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629293378, issued on Apr 16, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Appril Hento, DPM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7800 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, 98408. Phone: (253) 473-6436. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Appril Hento, DPM's license?
NPPES lists Washington license number PO00000828, as entered by the provider. Search the Washington board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Appril Hento, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Appril Hento, DPM had 626 Medicare Part D claims for 285 beneficiaries; the average among podiatrist prescribers was 314. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Appril Hento, DPM's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.