Heather Wheatley, NP-C
Nurse Practitioner · Athens, GA
Heather Wheatley, NP-C is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Athens, Georgia, and NPI 1780810226, issued on Jun 10, 2009. Check the license (Georgia RN170271, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Wheatley
- Credential
- NP-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- RN170271 GA
F0309174 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 658 N Chase St Ste 201, Athens, GA 30601
- Phone
- (706) 353-2990
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jul 19, 2024
- Fax
- (706) 353-2992
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100826000763); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Wheatley in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license RN170271Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
29 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $126.67
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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 Cancer And Blood Center LLCAthens, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Wheatley among 3,109 nurse practitioner records in Georgia
Heather Wheatley, NP-C is one of 3,109 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2009, is newer than 22% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 22% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2018 among the 1,734 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
63 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Athens
They are 63 of the 3,160 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 3,109 nurse practitioner records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Heather Wheatley, NP-C's NPI number?
Heather Wheatley, NP-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780810226, issued on Jun 10, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Wheatley, NP-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 658 N Chase St Ste 201, Athens, GA, 30601. Phone: (706) 353-2990. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Wheatley, NP-C's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number RN170271, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Wheatley, NP-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Wheatley, NP-C had 29 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Wheatley, NP-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.