Marc Waters, PA
Physician Assistant in Murray, Utah.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 156,084 in Physician Assistant, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Marc Waters, PA filed 320 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Physician Assistant in Murray, Utah, prescribing 81% generic.
- 320
- Part D claims, 2024
- 81%
- generic prescribing
- $27.32
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥56th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Marc Waters, PA
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1578962700), first enumerated 08/13/2014.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 320 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$27.32 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
Compare Waters with other Physician Assistant providers
Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.
All 136 Physician Assistant providers in Murray, UT →
Also enrolled in Utah
- Saeed Abbaszadeh, PA-C Salt Lake City, UT
- Christopher Abbott Draper, UT
- Jared Abrams, PA-C Washington Terrace, UT
- Claire Ackerman, PA-C Salt Lake City, UT
- Holly Adams, PA-C Lehi, UT
- Isabella Adams Murray, UT
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1578962700 · Physician Assistant
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MEGA · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1578962700
- ENUM-MID 2014
- TAX-MEGA 156K Physician Assistant
- RX-LIGHT 320
- BOOK-LIGHT 1,726 in Utah
- PHOTO-ENUM Casey Flint, PA-C · 2014
Marc Waters, PA's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
320 ≥ 56th percentile 56% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
What does the federal data show about Marc Waters, PA?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Medicare Part D claims
Specialty distribution in Utah
How Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among Utah providers
Physician Assistant ranks #12 among Utah's specialties (2.2% of in-state providers)
Each bar is a specialty's share of the Utah provider total, by primary NUCC taxonomy. The highlighted bar is Physician Assistant; the long tail of smaller specialties is omitted for legibility.
Board certification
Not published by CMS
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How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1578962700 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Physician Assistant |
| Credentials | PA |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 08/13/2014 |
Verify this provider's license
PlainDoctor pulls this profile from the CMS NPPES public registry. Confirm Marc Waters, PA's current license status, disciplinary history, and board certifications with the Utah Medical Licensing Board in Utah before relying on this page for a clinical or care decision.
How we sourced this profile
Profile fields combine the CMS NPPES monthly snapshot (provider directory, taxonomy, and address) with calendar-year 2023 Medicare Part D and MIPS public-use files when records are present. NPI 1578962700 is the unique 10-digit identifier CMS uses to link Waters across every Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA-covered transaction. Read full methodology →
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Marc Waters, PA bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Marc Waters, PA. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$27
Largest payer
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
19% brand-name claims vs 81% generic, on 320 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 321
- Total Day Supply
- 2,187
- Brand vs Generic
- 19% brand / 81% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $15K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $2K
- Opioid Claims
- 139 (43.4% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 20
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.96
- Gender Split
- 54% female / 46% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Marc Waters, PA prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Oxycodone Hcl
Oxycodone Hcl
64 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl
Ondansetron Hcl
54 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
47 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 19
Tramadol Hcl
19 claims
- Shingrix 16
Shingrix
16 claims
- Abrysvo 15
Abrysvo
15 claims
- Boostrix Tdap 15
Boostrix Tdap
15 claims
- Amoxicillin 12
Amoxicillin
12 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 64 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 54 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 |
| Shingrix Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 16 |
| Abrysvo Rsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 15 |
| Boostrix Tdap Diphth,pertuss(Acell),tet Vac | 15 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Physician Assistant Overview
How Marc Waters, PA fits within the Physician Assistant landscape nationally.
Marc Waters, PA's 320 claims are below the specialty average of 832.
Nationwide Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Waters, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2014)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Physician Assistant Providers in Utah
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Utah, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Waters.
One of 1,726 Physician Assistant providers enrolled in Utah, 11 are shown on this page.
Compare Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
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Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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