Maria Laina Pappas, PA
Physician Assistant · Birmingham, AL
Maria Laina Pappas, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1891491809, issued on Feb 1, 2023. Check the license (Alabama TA.1920, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Maria Laina Pappas
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- TA.1920 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2937 7TH Ave S Ste 200, Birmingham, AL 35233
- Phone
- (205) 598-4799
- Enumerated
- Feb 1, 2023
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2023
- Fax
- (205) 598-4899
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230504000602); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Maria Laina Pappas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license TA.1920Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
103 Medicare Part D claims for 74 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ofloxacin18 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: $137.69
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Cochlear Americas. 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.
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
- Alabama Ear PCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Maria Laina Pappas among 1,148 physician assistant records in Alabama
Maria Laina Pappas, PA is one of 1,148 physician assistant records with a practice address in Alabama. 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 2023, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 67% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2020 among the 739 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 30% 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 Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
368 physician assistant records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 368 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,148 physician assistant records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Maria Laina Pappas, PA's NPI number?
Maria Laina Pappas, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891491809, issued on Feb 1, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Maria Laina Pappas, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2937 7TH Ave S Ste 200, Birmingham, AL, 35233. Phone: (205) 598-4799. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Maria Laina Pappas, PA's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number TA.1920, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Maria Laina Pappas, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Maria Laina Pappas, PA had 103 Medicare Part D claims for 74 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.