Dr. Alexander J. Heckman, MD

Dr. Heckman practices at Cardiovascular ASC - Clearwater in Clearwater, Florida.

Dr. Heckman's NPI, 1811341746, was assigned on April 18, 2016. Dr. Heckman graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Heckman holds Florida license ME137333.

Dr. Heckman's primary practice is Cardiovascular ASC - Clearwater, at 455 Pinellas Street, Suite 260, Clearwater, FL 33756. The practice phone is (727) 445-1992.

Dr. Heckman's primary practice is Cardiovascular ASC - Clearwater in Clearwater, Florida. Dr. Heckman is also affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital. The medical group on file is BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Bardmoor). Dmand AI also links Dr. Heckman to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Heckman practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Heckman's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Heckman is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Heckman's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Oregon.

CMS data shows 253 Medicare services from Dr. Heckman across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 136 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $17,654 for them.

CMS counts 136 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Heckman in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 53 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.29, 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. Heckman's median patient age at 73, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Heckman wrote 281 Medicare Part D claims for 74 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 179 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,932 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 221 claims across 9 drugs.

Dr. Heckman accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 26 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Heckman, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Heckman, published from 2018 to 2024. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Heckman's most frequent co-authors are Jennifer Brooke Cowart, MD, Rohan Goswami, MD and Michael Joseph Maniaci, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 15 general payments to Dr. Heckman from 9 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 67% of the total. AngioDynamics, Inc. paid the most, $333.

Dr. Heckman graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2016.

Dr. Heckman is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.