Heather Ruth Lord
Physician Assistant · Parkersburg, WV
Heather Ruth Lord is a physician assistant with a practice address in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and NPI 1518651926, issued on Jun 7, 2023. Check the license with the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Ruth Lord
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 800 Garfield Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101
- Phone
- (304) 424-2355
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2023
- Record last updated
- Jun 7, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Ruth Lord in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich West Virginia 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
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
97 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin28 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: $18.60
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
Heather Ruth Lord among 1,145 physician assistant records in West Virginia
Heather Ruth Lord is one of 1,145 physician assistant records with a practice address in West Virginia. 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 2023, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 76% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 39% 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 West Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
38 physician assistant records list a practice address in Parkersburg
They are 38 of the 2,875 NPPES records with a practice address in Parkersburg, and 1,145 physician assistant records in West Virginia.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Shane Corbitt, P.A.-C.Parkersburg, WV 261011184658627
- Amanda Cox, MPAS PA-CParkersburg, WV 261011639118557
- Gregory Creel, PAParkersburg, WV 261011821037896
- Kelly Cummings, P.A.Parkersburg, WV 261011841261815
- Rachel Fox, PA-CParkersburg, WV 261011811146475
- Whitnie Highland, PA-CParkersburg, WV 261011548510191
- Melissa Hutchinson, PA-CParkersburg, WV 261011194772400
- Amber Knowlton, PA-CParkersburg, WV 261011306840228
Common questions
What is Heather Ruth Lord's NPI number?
Heather Ruth Lord's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518651926, issued on Jun 7, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Ruth Lord located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 Garfield Ave, Parkersburg, WV, 26101. Phone: (304) 424-2355. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Ruth Lord's license?
Search the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Ruth Lord prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Ruth Lord had 97 Medicare Part D claims for 72 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.