Dr. Heather Sue Gladue, DO

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1790949642PAC ID0840431052
Medicare services, 2024
116,641
Medicare patients, 2024
681
Part D claims, 2024
4,204
Publications
16
MIPS score, 2024
93
Practice address
1918 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207
Practice phone
Call (336) 277-8757
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Primary practice

Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Dr. Heather Sue Gladue is a rheumatologist in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Gladue practices at Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Gladue's NPI, 1790949642, was assigned on July 10, 2008. Dr. Gladue graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008. Dr. Gladue holds North Carolina license 2015-01003.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840431052
NPI enumeration date
July 10, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(336) 277-8757
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
41
Medical school graduation
2008

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

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue practices at Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Gladue's primary practice is Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery, at 1918 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (336) 277-8757.

  • Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery
    1918 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207 · Mecklenburg CountyPhone(336) 277-8757

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

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Gladue's primary practice is Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Gladue is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas (AOCC). Dmand AI also links Dr. Gladue to 1 more group practice or clinic, 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. Heather Sue Gladue's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Novant Health Midtown Outpatient SurgeryAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Heather Sue Gladue is one of 204 rheumatologists in North Carolina

Rheumatology is Dr. Gladue's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Gladue is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Gladue is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2015-01003 · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, gout, joint pain, lupus, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain and osteoporosis among the conditions Dr. Gladue treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Gladue

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

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue billed Medicare for 116,641 services in 2024

CMS data shows 116,641 Medicare services from Dr. Gladue across 44 procedure codes in 2024, for 681 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,511,375 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024116,641
Medicare patients681
Paid by Medicare$1.5M
Procedure codes44

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 91,9872024: 112,04922%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,5852024: 1,79213%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,2662024: 1,2104%
Imaging
2023: 4122024: 71373%
Other services
2023: 02024: 516
Lab and pathology
2023: 1,6272024: 25984%
Surgery
2023: 3922024: 10274%

Dr. Gladue compared with the North Carolina median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Gladue
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
116,641vs 4,50325.9 times
Medicare patients
681vs 2522.7 times
Part D claims
3,848vs 1,4002.7 times

Medians across 211 rheumatologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Gladue'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 Sue Gladue treated 681 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 681 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gladue in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 332 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 69% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.39, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gladue's median patient age at 62, with 82% women.

Medicare patients, 2024681
Average age73
Average risk score1.39
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Gladue's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Gladue's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women55081%
  • Men13119%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol69%
  3. High blood pressure68%
  4. Osteoporosis44%
  5. Mood disorders27%
  6. Anxiety26%
  7. Depression25%
  8. Chronic kidney disease23%

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

Dr. Gladue'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

  • Women82%
  • Men17%

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

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue wrote 4,204 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Gladue wrote 4,204 Medicare Part D claims for 546 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,848 of them, across 61 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,845,408 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,479 claims across 56 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,204
Drugs named by CMS61
Total drug cost$2.8M
Part D patients546

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

  • Generic3,641 claims87%
  • Brand-name550 claims13%
  • Other13 claims0%

Dr. Gladue'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. Gladue's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids10%400 of 4,204 claims
  • Antibiotics1%34 of 4,204 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: 3,4792024: 3,84811%

Drugs named by CMS: 61 in 2024, 56 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. Heather Sue Gladue scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Gladue for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gladue accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Gladue as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Gladue's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 92of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Heather Sue Gladue has 16 publications on record

Dmand AI links 16 papers to Dr. Gladue, published from 2013 to 2018. 2013 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Scleroderma, Systemic. Dr. Gladue has published most often in J Rheumatol. Dr. Gladue's most frequent co-authors are Dinesh Khanna, MD, Vallerie Victoria McLaughlin, MD and Nezam Ibrahim Altorok.

Papers16
Years published2013 to 2018

Dr. Gladue's papers by year, 2013 to 2018

Topics Dr. Gladue writes about most

  • Scleroderma, Systemic

Dr. Gladue's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Gladue

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue received $253,731 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,504 general payments to Dr. Gladue from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 68% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $57,222.

General payments to Dr. Gladue by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Gladue by kind, 2016 to 2025

$253.7Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$172,88168%
  • Honoraria$26,98011%
  • Food and beverage$26,06610%
  • Consulting fees$16,4506%
  • Other$11,3544%

Companies that paid Dr. Gladue the most, 2016 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. Heather Sue Gladue graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Gladue graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008. Dr. Gladue is a member of ACR.

  1. Medical schoolDr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in rheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in 2013 - 2017GA State License
  5. Board certified in 2008 - 2013MI State License
  6. Board certified in 2015 - 2026NC State License
  7. Board certified in 2009 - 2010SC State License

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Gladue is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • +12 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Gladue accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO10
  4. EPO5
  5. POS5
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Heather Sue Gladue'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue's NPI number?

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue's NPI number is 1790949642. It was assigned on July 10, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue?

Dr. Heather Sue Gladue is a rheumatologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue practice?

Dr. Gladue practices at 1918 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207. Dr. Gladue's primary practice is Novant Health Midtown Outpatient Surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gladue to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Gladue is (336) 277-8757.

What is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue's medical license number?

Dr. Gladue holds North Carolina license 2015-01003.

Which hospitals is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue affiliated with?

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

What medical group is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue part of?

Dr. Gladue is linked to Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas (AOCC).

Does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gladue billed Medicare for 116,641 services in 2024, and Dr. Gladue accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Gladue as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue's MIPS score?

Dr. Gladue's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue see?

CMS counts 681 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gladue in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Dr. Heather Sue Gladue board certified?

Yes. Dr. Gladue is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Gladue's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3262), injected or infused drug (J0717) and injected or infused drug (J3111).

Where did Dr. Heather Sue Gladue go to medical school?

Dr. Gladue graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008.

What drugs does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gladue's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Prednisone and Methotrexate.

Has Dr. Heather Sue Gladue received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $253,731 in general payments to Dr. Gladue from 45 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Heather Sue Gladue been practicing?

Dr. Gladue graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue do research?

Dmand AI links 16 publications to Dr. Gladue, published from 2013 to 2018.

Who does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue publish with?

Dr. Gladue's most frequent co-authors are Dinesh Khanna, MD (7 shared papers), Vallerie Victoria McLaughlin, MD (3 shared papers) and Nezam Ibrahim Altorok (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Heather Sue Gladue accept?

Dr. Gladue is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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