Heidi A. Essig, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Birmingham, AL
Heidi A. Essig, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1265547137, issued on Aug 20, 2006. Check the license (Alabama PA-233, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heidi A. Essig
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA-233 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2100 16TH Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- Phone
- (205) 933-0987
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 30, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 930-1758
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130624000057); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2100 16TH Ave S
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Heidi A. Essig in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license PA-233Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,041 Medicare Part D claims for 486 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluorouracil130 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide97 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate96 claims
- Ketoconazole95 claims
- Hydrocortisone75 claims
- Dupixent Pen69 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): 95.1 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: $1,972.96
91 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dermavant Sciences, 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
- Total Skin And Beauty Dermatology Center, PCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heidi A. Essig among 228 medical physician assistant records in Alabama
Heidi A. Essig, PA-C is one of 228 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Alabama. 82% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 79% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2016 among the 146 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 52% 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 Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in Alabama
There are 228 medical physician assistant records in Alabama.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- John PellerinBirmingham, AL 352051003492984
- Gia Randall Woolen, P.A.Birmingham, AL 352051760665459
- Kara Smola, PA-CBirmingham, AL 352051831437474
- Rachel Carley, PA-C, ATCHomewood, AL 352091245614445
- Bellamy Davis, PACHomewood, AL 352091649775412
- Allyson LottBirmingham, AL 352091679266597
Common questions
What is Heidi A. Essig, PA-C's NPI number?
Heidi A. Essig, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265547137, issued on Aug 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heidi A. Essig, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2100 16TH Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35205. Phone: (205) 933-0987. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heidi A. Essig, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number PA-233, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heidi A. Essig, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heidi A. Essig, PA-C had 1,041 Medicare Part D claims for 486 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heidi A. Essig, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.1 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.