Carina Pierce
NPI 1659606002ActiveIndividual· Physician Assistant· Albuquerque, NM
Physician Assistant with Unm Medical Group Inc, practicing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $26,253 for 191 patients in 2024, with only 45 Part D claims. Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $151.34 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Unm Hospital as a hospital affiliation.
Overview
| NPI | 1659606002 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Oct 2, 2009 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Certified by provider | Oct 9, 2024 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician Assistant Primary | 363A00000X | PA2010-60 | NM |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Physician Assistant (NM) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 191 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 620 across 9 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $26,253 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 45 · 61 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 19 |
| Total drug cost | $623.33 |
| Generic share | 100% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Physician Assistant |
Medical group
- Unm Medical Group IncAlbuquerque, NM · 1,047 clinicians
Hospital affiliation
- Unm HospitalAlbuquerque, NM
Other facilities
- Lovelace Unm Rehabilitation HospitalInpatient rehabilitation facility · Albuquerque, NM
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$151.34 · 7 payments from 2 companies
- 2024$152.25 · 8 payments from 1 company
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $87.33 | 5 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $64.01 | 2 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$151.34 · 7 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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