Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Heather Nicole Simpson, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1316069420

Dr. Heather Nicole Simpson, MD practises Gastroenterology in Charleston, South Carolina. Graduated from St Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2005, 21 years ago. Practices with University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol, a 1,640-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Colorado, Michigan and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
21
Trained at
St Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons
Licensed in
CO, MI, SC
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

Charleston, SC

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Specialties & licences

Transplant Hepatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RT0003X · Licence 31697 (SC)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X · Licence 4301085793 (MI)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 46623 (CO)
Transplant Hepatology Physician Taxonomy 207RT0003X · Licence 4301085793 (MI)

Record details

NPI number1316069420
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 6, 2007
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 24, 2017

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Graduated 2005 (21 years in practice)
Group practice University Medical Associates Of The Medical University Of South Carol — 1640 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 52 times · 64th percentile
Colonoscopy 24 times · 50th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients339
Services billed 612 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age70

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $24 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • McLeod Loris Hospital Hospital · Loris, SC · listed as McLeod Loris Seacoast Hospital
  • Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital Hospital · Murrells Inlet, SC · listed as Waccamaw Community Hospital
  • Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown Hospital · Columbia, SC
  • Musc Health Florence Medical Center Hospital · Florence, SC
  • Musc Medical Center Hospital · Charleston, SC

Colleagues at University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1640 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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