Mary Lou Heater, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX
Mary Lou Heater, APRN is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1073748745, issued on May 23, 2009. Check the license (Texas 628770, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mary Lou Heater
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License numbers
- 628770 TX
AP110284 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9401 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 970-7000
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jun 19, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040305000385); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mary Lou Heater in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 628770Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
1,367 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl96 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate88 claims
- Aripiprazole87 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate79 claims
- Risperidone77 claims
- Sertraline Hcl73 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): 85.7 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- The Harris Center For Mental Health And IddHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mary Lou Heater among 4,227 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Texas
Mary Lou Heater, APRN is one of 4,227 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 66% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 6% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2021 among the 2,245 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 18% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers in Texas
There are 4,227 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Texas.
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- Kenneth Ihaza, PMHNPHouston, TX 770741710425848
- Augustina IheanachoHouston, TX 770741114435401
- Agnes Kwapong-Ayeh, NURSE PRACTITIONERHouston, TX 770741841676483
Common questions
What is Mary Lou Heater, APRN's NPI number?
Mary Lou Heater, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073748745, issued on May 23, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mary Lou Heater, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9401 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 970-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mary Lou Heater, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 628770, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Mary Lou Heater, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mary Lou Heater, APRN had 1,367 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mary Lou Heater, APRN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.7 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.