Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Hickory, NC
Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1467471060, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 103871, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patrick Vanmeter
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- 103871 NC
0003871 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 810 Fairgrove Church RD, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 326-3850
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Patrick Vanmeter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 103871Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
320 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 51 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen36 claims
- Methocarbamol33 claims
- Ondansetron Odt28 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium21 claims
- Methylprednisolone21 claims
- Prednisone16 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $20.73
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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.
Patrick Vanmeter among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C is one of 9,279 physician assistant records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 69% of these records are
- Record last updated2013 · 35% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
128 physician assistant records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 128 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C's NPI number?
Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467471060, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 810 Fairgrove Church RD, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 326-3850. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 103871, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C had 320 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Patrick Vanmeter, PA-C's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.