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Laura Mcwilliam Whiting , PA-C

Physician Assistant • Hood River, OR

Active NPI 1457530677 Individual Practitioner Female Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

1304 Montello Ave
Hood River, OR 970311544

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

1304 Montello Ave

Hood River, OR 970311544

Telephone 5413876125
Fax 5413876321
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Hood River Medical Group, Pc Facility NPI 1346452133

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Graduation Year

2007

30-day fills

5,055 standardized 30-day fills in 2024

CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.

What this does not show: 30-day fills

It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.

Part D drug cost

$573,698 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

What this does not show: Part D drug cost

A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Industry payments (Open Payments)

Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $21.70 in 2025

Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.

These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.

General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025.

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

19 years (graduated 2007)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2007 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2007

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.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

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?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

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.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Laura Whiting as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Hood River and Oregon

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

More Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Oregon (2024, 1,336 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 340. Middle half: 96 to 1,131.

Too few clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hood River have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.

Part D drug cost

A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Oregon (2024, 1,336 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,538. Middle half: $984 to $101,656.

Too few clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hood River have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.

12 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Hood River, OR (2,095 in Oregon).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Hood River

8.3% of these 12 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

58.3% of these 12 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), 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

Open Payments · Program Year 2025

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $21.70.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XIFAXAN General $21.70

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.

CMS Part D · Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Eliquis Apixaban 236 13,576 $252,174.51 51
Atorvastatin Calcium Atorvastatin Calcium 200 16,938 $3,309.75 60
Metoprolol Succinate Metoprolol Succinate 178 15,152 $3,510.79 62
Furosemide Furosemide 109 8,436 $1,101.37 49
Jardiance Empagliflozin 108 5,160 $98,211.53 27
Ezetimibe Ezetimibe 101 5,400 $2,957.30 19
Amlodipine Besylate Amlodipine Besylate 97 7,165 $927.56 29
Lisinopril Lisinopril 94 8,000 $930.21 30
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er Isosorbide Mononitrate 89 6,447 $1,498.79 27
Spironolactone Spironolactone 87 7,153 $1,094.67 27
Rosuvastatin Calcium Rosuvastatin Calcium 86 7,402 $3,683.88 32
Entresto Sacubitril/Valsartan 85 4,275 $90,627.32 18
Potassium Chloride Potassium Chloride 80 6,909 $4,072.48 30
Losartan Potassium Losartan Potassium 67 5,880 $1,113.81 22
Carvedilol Carvedilol 53 4,693 $545.36 18
Flecainide Acetate Flecainide Acetate 52 4,051 $2,495.40 20
Torsemide Torsemide 50 3,555 $1,614.35 16
Amiodarone Hcl Amiodarone Hcl 48 3,559 $897.51 17
Sotalol Sotalol Hcl 40 2,580 $919.57 —
Farxiga Dapagliflozin Propanediol 37 1,640 $31,394.05 —
Metoprolol Tartrate Metoprolol Tartrate 36 2,520 $256.95 15
Xarelto Rivaroxaban 36 2,400 $42,932.46 —
Nitroglycerin Nitroglycerin 25 422 $313.46 16
Repatha Sureclick Evolocumab 25 868 $16,458.50 —
Dilt-Xr Diltiazem Hcl 15 1,350 $818.78 —

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-03-25
Physician Assistant Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X

License # reported to NPPES OR PA01287

A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.

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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid ID
500610694 (OR)
Medicaid ID
500632165 (OR)
Other Identifier Rr Medicare (Ph&s) - Pmg/wa
P01221609 (WA)

Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

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.

10 listed
Stefanie Casey , ARNP

Nurse Practitioner - Gerontology

NPI 1194060251

Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Michelle Edwards , PA-C

Physician Assistant

NPI 1598949844

Physician Assistant (Certified)

Dr. Kathy Grewe , MD

Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease

NPI 1407851454

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Paul Ingraham , MD

Internal Medicine

NPI 1720068596

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Molly Olsen , MD

Internal Medicine

NPI 1407050933

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

NPI 1780760355

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated October 25, 2007.

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.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1457530677
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: October 25, 2007
Last Update: March 25, 2021
Sole Proprietor: No

Other Physician Assistants in Hood River

Mailing Address

Po Box 3390

Portland, OR 972083390

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.