Heather Brown Kaparos, PA
Surgical Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TN
Heather Brown Kaparos, PA is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1699921338, issued on Aug 13, 2008. Check the license (Tennessee 1869, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Brown Kaparos
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License numbers
- 1869 TN
C03061 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1934 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37920
- Phone
- (865) 305-4670
- Enumerated
- Aug 13, 2008
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 305-4671
- Medicaid ID
- 1520891 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101101001021); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1934 Alcoa Hwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Heather Brown Kaparos in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 1869Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
64 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Hcl14 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $188.68
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Surgical Specialties Corporation (us), Inc. (dba Corza Medical). The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- University Health System, Inc.Knoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Brown Kaparos among 297 surgical physician assistant records in Tennessee
Heather Brown Kaparos, PA is one of 297 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% 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 24% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 24% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2018 among the 215 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Tennessee
There are 297 surgical physician assistant records in Tennessee.
All 297 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Morgan Anderson, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379201063821908
- Nicholas Baloga, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379201366764276
- Charles Brandt, PAKnoxville, TN 379201952498420
- William Cason, P.A.Knoxville, TN 379201083017503
- Adreanne Cason, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379201275931867
- Jennie Clark, PA CKnoxville, TN 379201114910247
- Gregory Greene, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379201871681213
- Cynthia Haney, PAKnoxville, TN 379201699718601
Common questions
What is Heather Brown Kaparos, PA's NPI number?
Heather Brown Kaparos, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699921338, issued on Aug 13, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Brown Kaparos, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1934 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, TN, 37920. Phone: (865) 305-4670. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Brown Kaparos, PA's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 1869, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Brown Kaparos, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Brown Kaparos, PA had 64 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Brown Kaparos, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.