Dr. Thomas A. Heischmidt, MD

Dr. Heischmidt practices at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, part of Hospital Sisters of St. Francis.

Dr. Heischmidt's NPI, 1396720983, was assigned on December 7, 2005. Dr. Heischmidt graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 1995. Dr. Heischmidt holds Illinois license 036097905.

Dr. Heischmidt's primary practice is HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, at 503 N Maple Street, Effingham, IL 62401 in Effingham County. The practice phone is (217) 342-2121.

Dr. Heischmidt's primary practice is HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, part of Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. Dr. Heischmidt is also affiliated with HSHS St. John's Hospital. The medical group on file is HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Heischmidt to 3 more hospitals, 4 home health agencies, 2 skilled nursing facilities, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 rural health clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Heischmidt practices, 13 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Heischmidt's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Heischmidt is licensed in Illinois.

CMS data shows 1,233 Medicare services from Dr. Heischmidt across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 550 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,137 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 550 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Heischmidt in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 185 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.97, 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. Heischmidt's median patient age at 70, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Heischmidt wrote 14,345 Medicare Part D claims for 638 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13,624 of them, across 158 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $781,509 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12,947 claims across 155 drugs.

Dr. Heischmidt accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 142 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Heischmidt, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 39 general payments to Dr. Heischmidt from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Organogenesis Inc. paid the most, $587.

Dr. Heischmidt graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 1995.