NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Hope Elena Brents

Physician Assistant · Cedar Park, TX

Hope Elena Brents is a physician assistant with a practice address in Cedar Park, Texas, and NPI 1285317743, issued on Aug 10, 2023. Check the license (Texas PA16988, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1285317743
Name
Hope Elena Brents
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
PA16988 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1785 E Whitestone Blvd Ste 500, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Phone
(512) 259-8400
Enumerated
Aug 10, 2023
Record last updated
Sep 5, 2023
Fax
(512) 456-0794
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1785 E Whitestone Blvd Ste 500

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Melissa Miller, MDInternal Medicine Physician1659312866

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

262 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.

  1. Hope Brents262
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Clonazepam20 claims
  2. Tramadol Hcl18 claims
  3. Alprazolam16 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: $36.71

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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.

  1. Hope Brents$36.71
  2. Specialty average$841.65

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Hope Elena Brents among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas

Hope Elena Brents is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% 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 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2023 · 82% of these records are older, 12% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 55% of these records are
  • Record last updated2023 · 40% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

37 physician assistant records list a practice address in Cedar Park

They are 37 of the 1,650 NPPES records with a practice address in Cedar Park, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Stephen Bodi, PA-CCedar Park, TX 786131548225063
  2. Michelle Cox-Porter, PACedar Park, TX 786131679702245
  3. Brandi Egizio, PACCedar Park, TX 786131043229107
  4. Joshua Embry, PACCedar Park, TX 786131700965092
  5. Carmen Gay, PA-CCedar Park, TX 786131467416248
  6. James Jeffrey, PA-CCedar Park, TX 786131013074004
  7. Maria JonesCedar Park, TX 786131912203480
  8. Danielle Key, DANIELLE KEY, P.A.-CCedar Park, TX 786131902007768

Common questions

What is Hope Elena Brents's NPI number?

Hope Elena Brents's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285317743, issued on Aug 10, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Hope Elena Brents located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1785 E Whitestone Blvd Ste 500, Cedar Park, TX, 78613. Phone: (512) 259-8400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Hope Elena Brents's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number PA16988, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Hope Elena Brents prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Hope Elena Brents had 262 Medicare Part D claims for 43 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.