Patti Beard Wheeler, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Highlands, NC
Patti Beard Wheeler, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Highlands, North Carolina, and NPI 1265411169, issued on Jan 10, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 30538, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patti Beard Wheeler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 30538 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 209 Hospital Dr, Highlands, NC 28741
- Phone
- (828) 526-4346
- Enumerated
- Jan 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2022
- Fax
- (828) 526-2914
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080602000651); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1985
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 209 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Patti Beard Wheeler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 30538Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
12,893 Medicare Part D claims for 739 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 348 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium442 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium416 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate391 claims
- Lisinopril377 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium377 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium373 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): 100 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
- Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers LLCAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
7 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Highlands
They are 7 of the 47 NPPES records with a practice address in Highlands, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 7 in Highlands → All 4,953 in North Carolina → Every provider in Highlands →
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Common questions
What is Patti Beard Wheeler, MD's NPI number?
Patti Beard Wheeler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265411169, issued on Jan 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patti Beard Wheeler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 209 Hospital Dr, Highlands, NC, 28741. Phone: (828) 526-4346. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patti Beard Wheeler, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 30538, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Patti Beard Wheeler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patti Beard Wheeler, MD had 12,893 Medicare Part D claims for 739 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Patti Beard Wheeler, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.