Heather Merrill Powers, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Heather Merrill Powers, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1114987955, issued on Mar 24, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 27283, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Merrill Powers
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 27283 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 320, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 434-6771
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2024
- Fax
- (803) 434-3955
- Medicaid ID
- 272831 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060928000087); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Merrill Powers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 27283Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
298 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate12 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl12 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium11 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): 99.3 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Merrill Powers among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Heather Merrill Powers, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
269 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 269 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Heather Merrill Powers, MD's NPI number?
Heather Merrill Powers, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114987955, issued on Mar 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Merrill Powers, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 320, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-6771. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Merrill Powers, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 27283, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Heather Merrill Powers, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Merrill Powers, MD had 298 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Merrill Powers, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.3 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.