Heather L. Palmer, P.A.
Medical Physician Assistant · Rancho Mirage, CA
Heather L. Palmer, P.A. is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Rancho Mirage, California, and NPI 1225065998, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (California PA16924, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather L. Palmer
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA16924 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 39000 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
- Phone
- (760) 773-1221
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040405001247); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 39000 Bob Hope Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Heather L. Palmer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA16924Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
505 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin112 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro67 claims
- Prednisone63 claims
- Cephalexin45 claims
- Moxifloxacin20 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim20 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: $260.62
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Carbon Health Medical Group OF California PCCorona, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather L. Palmer among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California
Heather L. Palmer, P.A. is one of 3,376 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2012 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Rancho Mirage
They are 23 of the 1,600 NPPES records with a practice address in Rancho Mirage, and 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Heather L. Palmer, P.A.'s NPI number?
Heather L. Palmer, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225065998, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather L. Palmer, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 39000 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA, 92270. Phone: (760) 773-1221. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather L. Palmer, P.A.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number PA16924, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather L. Palmer, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather L. Palmer, P.A. had 505 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.