Dr. Catherine Emerson, MD

  • Huntersville, NC
  • Dermatologist
NPI1154889350PAC ID2567797582
Medicare services, 2024
1,085
Medicare patients, 2024
347
Part D claims, 2024
1,105
MIPS score, 2024
90
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
13539 Reese W Blvd, Huntersville, NC 28078
Practice phone
Call (704) 671-1094
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Primary practice

Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA

Huntersville, North Carolina

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Dr. Catherine Emerson is a dermatologist in Huntersville, North Carolina

Dr. Emerson practices at Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Dr. Emerson's NPI, 1154889350, was assigned on March 6, 2019. Dr. Emerson graduated from Rush Medical College of Rush University in 2019. Dr. Emerson holds North Carolina license 2024-00945.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2567797582
NPI enumeration date
March 6, 2019
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(704) 671-1094
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
33
Medical school graduation
2019

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Catherine Emerson practices at Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA in Huntersville, North Carolina

Dr. Emerson's primary practice is Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA, at 13539 Reese W Blvd, Huntersville, NC 28078 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (704) 671-1094.

  • Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA
    13539 Reese W Blvd, Huntersville, NC 28078 · Mecklenburg CountyPhone(704) 671-1094

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Catherine Emerson is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Emerson's primary practice is Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA in Huntersville, North Carolina. Dr. Emerson is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Emerson to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Catherine Emerson's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Emerson practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PAAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Catherine Emerson is one of 434 dermatologists in North Carolina

Dermatology is Dr. Emerson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Emerson's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2024-00945 · taxonomy 207N00000X
  • Illinois licenseLicense 125.074184

Dermatologists near Dr. Emerson

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Catherine Emerson billed Medicare for 1,085 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,085 Medicare services from Dr. Emerson across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 347 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,382 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,085
Medicare patients347
Paid by Medicare$39,382
Procedure codes11

Dr. Emerson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 2162024: 689219%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1742024: 380118%
Other services
2023: 02024: 16

Where Dr. Emerson's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office34732%
  • In a facility73868%

Dr. Emerson compared with the North Carolina median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Emerson
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
1,085vs 2,19451% below
Medicare patients
347vs 52634% below
Part D claims
972vs 53781% above

Medians across 445 dermatologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Emerson'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. Catherine Emerson treated 347 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 347 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Emerson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 162 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 68% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Emerson's median patient age at 67, with 64% women.

Medicare patients, 2024347
Average age73
Average risk score1.19
Also on Medicaid20%

Dr. Emerson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Emerson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20760%
  • Men14040%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Emerson's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure68%
  3. Arthritis48%
  4. Diabetes28%
  5. Ischemic heart disease24%
  6. Anxiety22%
  7. Chronic kidney disease21%
  8. Osteoporosis21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Emerson's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women64%
  • Men34%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Catherine Emerson wrote 1,105 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Emerson wrote 1,105 Medicare Part D claims for 329 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 972 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $729,612 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 221 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,105
Drugs named by CMS22
Total drug cost$729,612
Part D patients329

Dr. Emerson's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic938 claims85%
  • Brand-name167 claims15%

Dr. Emerson's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

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. Emerson's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics4%46 of 1,105 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, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2212024: 972340%

Drugs named by CMS: 22 in 2024, 9 in 2023.

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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. Catherine Emerson scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Emerson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Emerson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 485 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Emerson, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Emerson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 91.9of 100Quality
  • 94of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 79of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Emerson ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
86th percentile485 procedures
Skin biopsy
81st percentile149 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
74th percentile20 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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. Catherine Emerson received $2,801 in industry payments from 2020 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 115 general payments to Dr. Emerson from 22 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $640.

General payments to Dr. Emerson by program year, 2020 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Emerson by kind, 2020 to 2025

$2.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,71997%
  • Education$692%
  • Travel and lodging$130%

Companies that paid Dr. Emerson the most, 2020 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Catherine Emerson graduated from Rush Medical College of Rush University

Dr. Emerson graduated from Rush Medical College of Rush University in 2019.

  1. Medical schoolRush Medical College of Rush University

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Catherine Emerson's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Catherine Emerson's NPI number?

Dr. Catherine Emerson's NPI number is 1154889350. It was assigned on March 6, 2019, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Catherine Emerson?

Dr. Catherine Emerson is a dermatologist in Huntersville, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Dr. Catherine Emerson practice?

Dr. Emerson practices at 13539 Reese W Blvd, Huntersville, NC 28078. Dr. Emerson's primary practice is Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology PA in Huntersville, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Emerson to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Catherine Emerson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Emerson is (704) 671-1094.

What is Dr. Catherine Emerson's medical license number?

Dr. Emerson holds North Carolina license 2024-00945, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Catherine Emerson been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Emerson in North Carolina and Illinois.

Which hospitals is Dr. Catherine Emerson affiliated with?

Dr. Emerson is affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Catherine Emerson part of?

Dr. Emerson is linked to Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology. Dmand AI links Dr. Emerson to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Catherine Emerson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Emerson billed Medicare for 1,085 services in 2024, and Dr. Emerson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Catherine Emerson's MIPS score?

Dr. Emerson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Catherine Emerson see?

CMS counts 347 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Emerson in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Catherine Emerson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Emerson's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Catherine Emerson go to medical school?

Dr. Emerson graduated from Rush Medical College of Rush University in 2019.

What drugs does Dr. Catherine Emerson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Emerson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Triamcinolone Acetonide, Ketoconazole and Clobetasol Propionate.

Has Dr. Catherine Emerson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,801 in general payments to Dr. Emerson from 22 companies from 2020 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Catherine Emerson been practicing?

Dr. Emerson graduated from medical school in 2019, 7 years ago.

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