Heather Palomino
- Medicare services, 2024
- 568
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 280
- Part D claims, 2024
- 131
- Publications
- 5
- MIPS score, 2024
- 98
- Practice address
- 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
- Practice phone
- Call (843) 692-1000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Heather Palomino is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Heather Palomino practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare.
Heather Palomino's NPI, 1992192587, was assigned on April 21, 2015. Heather Palomino graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2015. Heather Palomino's South Carolina license number on file is 85375.
- NPI
- 1992192587NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7315259041
- NPI enumeration date
- April 21, 2015
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (843) 692-1000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 37
- Medical school graduation
- 2015
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Heather Palomino practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Heather Palomino's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center, at 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 in Horry County. The practice phone is (843) 692-1000.
- Grand Strand Medical Center809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 · Horry CountyPhone(843) 692-1000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Heather Palomino is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Heather Palomino's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Heather Palomino is also affiliated with McLeod Health Loris. The medical group on file is Grand Strand Surgical Care. Dmand AI also links Heather Palomino to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Heather Palomino's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Heather Palomino practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Grand Strand Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Heather Palomino is one of 76 cardiothoracic surgeons in South Carolina
Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Heather Palomino's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Heather Palomino is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dmand AI has Heather Palomino's licenses on file in 2 states: South Carolina and Ohio.
Specialties and state licenses
- Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), South CarolinaPrimary
- Ohio license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists heart bypass surgery, heart valve surgery and lung resection among the conditions Heather Palomino treats.
Cardiothoracic surgeons near Heather Palomino
Counts of cardiothoracic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Heather Palomino billed Medicare for 568 services in 2024
CMS data shows 568 Medicare services from Heather Palomino across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 280 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $149,975 for them.
Heather Palomino's Medicare services by type, 2024
- Surgery260
- Office and hospital visits241
- Imaging67
Where Heather Palomino's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office16229%
- In a facility40671%
Heather Palomino compared with the South Carolina median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024
- Heather Palomino
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 568vs 2302.5 times
- Medicare patients
- 280vs 18353% above
- Part D claims
- 79vs 263.0 times
Medians across 66 cardiothoracic surgeons in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Heather Palomino'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
Heather Palomino treated 280 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 280 Medicare patients who saw Heather Palomino in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 122 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.52, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Heather Palomino's median patient age at 73, with 30% women.
Heather Palomino's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Heather Palomino's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women10236%
- Men17864%
Chronic conditions among Heather Palomino's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease75%
- Heart failure61%
- Arthritis52%
- Atrial fibrillation43%
- Diabetes42%
- Chronic kidney disease35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Heather Palomino's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women30%
- Men70%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Heather Palomino wrote 131 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Heather Palomino wrote 131 Medicare Part D claims for 97 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 79 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $566 in total drug cost.
Heather Palomino's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic127 claims97%
- Brand-name and other4 claims3%
Heather Palomino'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.
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
Heather Palomino scored 98 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 98 out of 100 for Heather Palomino for performance year 2024, reported individually. Heather Palomino accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 48 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Heather Palomino, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Heather Palomino's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 98of 100Final score
- 98of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Heather Palomino ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
- 95th percentile48 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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Heather Palomino has 5 publications on record
Dmand AI links 5 papers to Heather Palomino, published from 2009 to 2022. The most frequent topics are Enzyme Inhibitors, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit and Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase. Heather Palomino's most frequent co-authors are Michael Honore Criqui, MD, Jason A. Goebel, MD and Derek L. Horstemeyer, MD.
Heather Palomino's papers by year, 2009 to 2022
Topics Heather Palomino writes about most
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
- Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase
Heather Palomino's most frequent co-authors
- Michael Honore Criqui, MD1 shared paper
- Jason A. Goebel, MD1 shared paper
- Derek L. Horstemeyer, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Heather Palomino
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Heather Palomino received $3,411 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Heather Palomino from 15 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. AtriCure, Inc. paid the most, $1,107.
General payments to Heather Palomino by program year, 2024 to 2025
General payments to Heather Palomino by kind, 2024 to 2025
- Food and beverage$3,13292%
- Travel and lodging$2788%
Companies that paid Heather Palomino the most, 2024 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Heather Palomino graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine
Heather Palomino graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2015.
- Medical school
- Board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Heather Palomino accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers
Heather Palomino is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Cigna
- Elevance
- Molina
- Aspirus Health Plan
- +11 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Heather Palomino accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO12
- HMO11
- Medicare8
- EPO5
- POS4
- Medicaid2
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Heather Palomino's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Heather Palomino's NPI number?
Heather Palomino's NPI number is 1992192587. It was assigned on April 21, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Heather Palomino specialize in?
Heather Palomino is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).
Where does Heather Palomino practice?
Heather Palomino practices at 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572. Heather Palomino's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Heather Palomino to 2 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.
What is Heather Palomino's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Heather Palomino is (843) 692-1000.
What is Heather Palomino's medical license number?
Heather Palomino's South Carolina license number on file is 85375, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Heather Palomino been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Heather Palomino in South Carolina (2021 to 2025) and Ohio (2015 to 2025).
Which hospitals is Heather Palomino affiliated with?
Heather Palomino practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Heather Palomino is also affiliated with McLeod Health Loris. Dmand AI links Heather Palomino to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Heather Palomino part of?
Heather Palomino is linked to Grand Strand Surgical Care. Dmand AI links Heather Palomino to 1 more medical group.
Does Heather Palomino accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Heather Palomino billed Medicare for 568 services in 2024, and Heather Palomino accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Heather Palomino's MIPS score?
Heather Palomino's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 98 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Heather Palomino see?
CMS counts 280 Medicare patients who saw Heather Palomino in 2024, with an average age of 76.
Is Heather Palomino board certified?
Yes. Heather Palomino is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
What services does Heather Palomino bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Heather Palomino's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99205), ultrasound (76984) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (33361).
Where did Heather Palomino go to medical school?
Heather Palomino graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2015.
What drugs does Heather Palomino prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Heather Palomino's most prescribed drugs by claims were Mupirocin.
Has Heather Palomino received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $3,411 in general payments to Heather Palomino from 15 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from AtriCure, Inc.
How long has Heather Palomino been practicing?
Heather Palomino graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.
Does Heather Palomino do research?
Dmand AI links 5 publications to Heather Palomino, published from 2009 to 2022.
Who does Heather Palomino publish with?
Heather Palomino's most frequent co-authors are Michael Honore Criqui, MD (1 shared paper), Jason A. Goebel, MD (1 shared paper) and Derek L. Horstemeyer, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Heather Palomino accept?
Heather Palomino is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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