Dr. Paul Michael Ahearne, MD

Dr. Ahearne practices at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Ahearne's NPI, 1699784744, was assigned on August 7, 2006. Dr. Ahearne graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Ahearne holds North Carolina license 9500005.

Dr. Ahearne's primary practice is Mission Hospital, at 509 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 in Buncombe County. The practice phone is (828) 213-1111.

Dr. Ahearne's primary practice is Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Ahearne is also affiliated with UNC Health Pardee. The medical group on file is Novant Health Indian Land Primary Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahearne 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. Ahearne practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Ahearne's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Ahearne is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Ahearne's licenses on file in 3 states: North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, appendectomy, cancerous skin growth removal, colonoscopy, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal and mastectomy among the conditions Dr. Ahearne treats.

CMS data shows 416 Medicare services from Dr. Ahearne across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 210 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $40,170 for them.

CMS counts 210 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahearne in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 107 patients. 69% of them have high cholesterol, and 66% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ahearne's median patient age at 73, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ahearne wrote 21 Medicare Part D claims for 15 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 19 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $9,161 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 35 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Ahearne accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 61 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Ahearne, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Mastectomy: 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)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Ahearne in 2019. Dr. Ahearne's most frequent co-authors are Oliver Ar Binns, MD, Michael Joseph Messino, MD and Rachel Elizabeth Raab, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Ahearne from 7 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2023. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. paid the most, $874.

Dr. Ahearne graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1988.

Dr. Ahearne is in network with 17 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.