Herbert Thomas Drew , AA
Anesthesiologist Assistant • Atlanta, GA
1968 Peachtree Road Nw, Suite 515
Atlanta, GA 303091281
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Herbert Drew is listed in NPPES under Anesthesiologist Assistant.
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NPI assigned on January 27, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 135 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 00537 — Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity: 47 service units.
- 00530 — Anesthesia for insertion of permanent heart pacemaker: 36 service units.
- 00410 — Anesthesia for procedure to correct abnormal heart rhythm: 23 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 5 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Atlanta, GA (2024, 270 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 26. Middle half: 15 to 45.
More Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 31. Middle half: 16 to 55.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 52 in 2020 to 135 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1968 Peachtree Road Nw
Suite 515
Atlanta, GA 303091281
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Anesthesiologist Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
174 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $20,088 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $15,514 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2024
All general payments: $151.62 across 6 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $151.62 across 6 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Medtronic, Inc.: $84.49 across 4 records.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation: $67.13 across 2 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2024 (published June 30, 2026).
NPI first issued
2009
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Herbert Drew has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Atlanta and Georgia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Atlanta, GA (2024, 270 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 26. Middle half: 15 to 45.
More Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 31. Middle half: 16 to 55.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Atlanta, GA (2024, 270 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,636. Middle half: $1,275 to $5,171.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,003. Middle half: $1,412 to $6,017.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Atlanta, GA (2024, 270 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,121. Middle half: $1,008 to $4,186.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,355. Middle half: $1,131 to $4,800.
772 active clinicians are listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant with a practice address in Atlanta, GA (1,541 in Georgia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Atlanta
0% of these 772 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
72.5% of these 772 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 160% from 52 in 2020 to 135 in 2024.
- 2020: 52
- 2021: 151
- 2022: 122
- 2023: 121
- 2024: 135
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 373% from $4,249 in 2020 to $20,088 in 2024.
- 2020: $4,249
- 2021: $12,376
- 2022: $10,169
- 2023: $12,498
- 2024: $20,088
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 357% from $3,398 in 2020 to $15,514 in 2024.
- 2020: $3,398
- 2021: $9,926
- 2022: $7,842
- 2023: $10,024
- 2024: $15,514
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $26.66 in 2021 to $151.62 in 2024.
- 2021: $26.66
- 2023: $66.69
- 2024: $151.62
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2024 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2024): fewer than 11 records totaling $151.62.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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HemoSphere | General | $37.75 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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HemoSphere | General | $29.38 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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PULSESELECT | General | $26.71 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MCGRATH MAC | General | $20.59 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INVOS | General | $19.17 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INVOS | General | $18.02 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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00537
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity
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47 | 47 | $2079.57 | $230.26 |
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00530
Anesthesia for insertion of permanent heart pacemaker
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36 | 35 | $1113.32 | $120.99 |
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00410
Anesthesia for procedure to correct abnormal heart rhythm
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23 | 23 | $586.14 | $61.60 |
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01926
Anesthesia for x-ray on artery of brain, heart, or chest
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16 | 16 | $1628.23 | $156.79 |
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00731
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope
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13 | 13 | $714.71 | $75.78 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367H00000X
An individual certified by the state to perform anesthesia services under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologist Assistants are required to have a bachelor's degree with a premed curriculum prior to entering a two-year anesthesiology assistant program, which is focused upon the delivery and maintenance of anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring techniques. An Anesthesiologist Assistant must work as a member of the anesthesia care team under the direction of a qualified Anesthesiologist.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2279C0205X
Respiratory emergencies are commonplace in the treatment of critical care patients. Included in the assessment measurements conducted by the respiratory therapist in the critical care settings are arterial blood gas puncture and analysis, intrarterial monitoring, bedside measurements of lung mechanics, hemodynamic monitoring, and inspired and expired gas measurements. This is coupled with the initiation and management of mechanical ventilation patients.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367H00000X
An individual certified by the state to perform anesthesia services under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologist Assistants are required to have a bachelor's degree with a premed curriculum prior to entering a two-year anesthesiology assistant program, which is focused upon the delivery and maintenance of anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring techniques. An Anesthesiologist Assistant must work as a member of the anesthesia care team under the direction of a qualified Anesthesiologist.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSISTANT
I20091111000289
GA
8325186364
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Anesthesiologist Assistant
Anesthesiologist Assistant
AAC
Anesthesiologist Assistant
PAAA
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Anesthesiologist Assistant
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated January 27, 2009.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Anesthesiologist Assistants in Atlanta
- Eric Lichtfuss, PAA
- Kristl Kamm, PAAA
- Laura Vegh, PA
- Shawnna Pollak, MMSC
- Deborah Baird, PAAA
- Lauren Neill
Mailing Address
Po Box 551420, #11e
Fort Lauderdale, FL 333551420
Phone: 8002433839