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MS. Heather Nicole Hughes, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Individual provider Family Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1376169599

MS. Heather Nicole Hughes, MSN, APRN, FNP-C is a Nurse Practitioner in Arlington, Texas. Qualified in 2020, 6 years ago. Practices with Alpesh D. Desai, DO, PA, a 26-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
6
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2020
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
A graduate nursing degree, usually held alongside an advanced practice licence.
APRN — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
The umbrella licence covering nurse practitioners, midwives, anaesthetists and clinical nurse specialists.
FNP-C — Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified
A family nurse practitioner certified by the AANP.

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Practice location Address checks out

300 W Arbrook Blvd Ste D
Arlington, TX 76014
Phone: (817) 704-4777
Fax: (817) 701-2323
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Specialties & licences

Family Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence 1002616 (TX)
Family Nurse Practitioner Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence F05200702 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1376169599
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MSN , APRN , FNP-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 23, 2020
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 6, 2024
Certification dateFebruary 4, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2020 (6 years in practice)
Group practice Alpesh D. Desai, Do, Pa — 26 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients43
Services billed 131 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

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 $992 57 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $161 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Colleagues at Alpesh D. Desai, DO, PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 26 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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