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Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup, MD
NPI1043539554PAC ID5799929253
- Medicare services, 2024
- 25
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 51
- Part D claims, 2024
- 41
- Clinical trials
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 88
- Practice address
- 604 Stone Avenue, Talladega, AL 35160
- Practice phone
- Call (256) 761-4542
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup is a general surgeon in Talladega, Alabama
Dr. Waldrup practices at Baptist Health Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama, part of Orlando Health.
Dr. Waldrup's NPI, 1043539554, was assigned on May 24, 2010. Dr. Waldrup graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2010. Dr. Waldrup holds Alabama license 33063.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1043539554NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5799929253
- NPI enumeration date
- May 24, 2010
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (256) 761-4542
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 42
- Medical school graduation
- 2010
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup practices at Baptist Health Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama
Dr. Waldrup's primary practice is Baptist Health Citizens Hospital, at 604 Stone Avenue, Talladega, AL 35160 in Talladega County. The practice phone is (256) 761-4542.
- Baptist Health Citizens Hospital604 Stone Avenue, Talladega, AL 35160 · Talladega CountyPhone(256) 761-4542
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Waldrup's primary practice is Baptist Health Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama, part of Orlando Health. The medical group on file is Baptist Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Waldrup to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Waldrup practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Baptist Health Citizens Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup is one of 387 general surgeons in Alabama
Surgery is Dr. Waldrup's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Waldrup is licensed in Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, AlabamaPrimary
General surgeons near Dr. Waldrup
Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
387general surgeons in Alabama
3general surgeons in Talladega
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup billed Medicare for 25 services in 2024
CMS data shows 25 Medicare services from Dr. Waldrup across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 51 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,437 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 202425
Medicare patients51
Paid by Medicare$1,437
Procedure codes2
Dr. Waldrup's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 902024: 2572%
Dr. Waldrup compared with the Alabama median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Waldrup
- Alabama median
- Medicare services
- 25vs 22089% below
- Medicare patients
- 51vs 13462% below
- Part D claims
- 22vs 9076% below
Medians across 365 general surgeons in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Waldrup's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup treated 51 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 51 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Waldrup in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 22 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.87, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Waldrup's median patient age at 62, with 61% women.
Medicare patients, 202451
Average age75
Average risk score1.87
Dr. Waldrup's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Waldrup's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3875%
- Men1325%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Waldrup's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis61%
- Chronic kidney disease47%
- Diabetes45%
- Heart failure37%
- Mood disorders37%
- Ischemic heart disease35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Waldrup's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 62
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men39%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup wrote 41 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Waldrup wrote 41 Medicare Part D claims for 23 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 22 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $382 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 26 claims across 1 drug.
Part D claims, 202441
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$382
Part D patients23
Dr. Waldrup's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic38 claims93%
- Brand-name and other3 claims7%
Dr. Waldrup's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2019
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Waldrup's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids39%16 of 41 claims
- Antibiotics27%11 of 41 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2018 to 2019
- 2018
- 2019
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2018: 262019: 2215%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup scored 88 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Waldrup for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Waldrup accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Waldrup's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 88of 100Final score
- 75.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup has worked on 1 clinical trial
Dmand AI links Dr. Waldrup to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Hernia, Hiatal.
Conditions in Dr. Waldrup's trials
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Hernia, Hiatal
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Waldrup
- Reginald C.w. Bell, MD1 shared trial
- Steven Bowers, MD1 shared trial
- Gopal S. Grandhige, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Waldrup
Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup received $8,163 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 100 general payments to Dr. Waldrup from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $5,284.
General payments to Dr. Waldrup by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Dr. Waldrup by kind, 2016 to 2024
$8.2Kin total
- Education$4,00049%
- Food and beverage$3,42342%
- Travel and lodging$7409%
Companies that paid Dr. Waldrup the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine
Dr. Waldrup graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2010.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's NPI number?
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's NPI number is 1043539554. It was assigned on May 24, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup?
Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup is a general surgeon in Talladega, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup practice?
Dr. Waldrup practices at 604 Stone Avenue, Talladega, AL 35160. Dr. Waldrup's primary practice is Baptist Health Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama, part of Orlando Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Waldrup to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Waldrup is (256) 761-4542.
What is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's medical license number?
Dr. Waldrup holds Alabama license 33063.
Which hospitals is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup affiliated with?
Dr. Waldrup practices at Baptist Health Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama.
What medical group is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup part of?
Dr. Waldrup is linked to Baptist Health Medical Group.
Does Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Waldrup billed Medicare for 25 services in 2024, and Dr. Waldrup accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup's MIPS score?
Dr. Waldrup's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 88 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup see?
CMS counts 51 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Waldrup in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Waldrup's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, new patient (99204).
Where did Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup go to medical school?
Dr. Waldrup graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2010.
What drugs does Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup prescribe most?
In 2019 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Waldrup's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $8,163 in general payments to Dr. Waldrup from 40 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup been practicing?
Dr. Waldrup graduated from medical school in 2010, 16 years ago.
Does Dr. Heather Rene Waldrup do research?
Dr. Waldrup has worked on 1 clinical trial.
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