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Tyler Rhyse Blankenship , PA

Physician Assistant โ€ข Norfolk, VA

Active NPI 1679925606 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

600 Gresham Dr Ste 8620
Norfolk, VA 235071904

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

600 Gresham Dr Ste 8620

Norfolk, VA 235071904

Telephone 7573951600
Fax 7576250433
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Sentara Medical Group Facility NPI 1083073464

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

Other Listings in Public Data

NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Chesapeake, VA. See the list

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Sentara Medical Group. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Medical School

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Graduation Year

2016

Medicare patients

26 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $1,256 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.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $925 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

170 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

$12,092 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 โ€“ by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $562.02 across 10 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $562.02 across 10 records.

Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 4)

  • Stryker Corporation: $216.04 across 6 records.
  • Medtronic, Inc.: $172.76 across 2 records.
  • Penumbra, Inc.: $149.73 across 1 record.

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.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

10 years (graduated 2016)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2016 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

2016

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, โ€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ€

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

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Tyler Blankenship 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.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Tyler Blankenship 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 Norfolk and Virginia

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Norfolk, VA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 171. Middle half: 68 to 378.

Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Virginia (2024, 2,247 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 288. Middle half: 107 to 693.

Medicare-allowed amount

A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Norfolk, VA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,865. Middle half: $6,547 to $27,933.

A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Virginia (2024, 2,247 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,153. Middle half: $9,003 to $44,800.

Paid by Medicare

A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Norfolk, VA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,219. Middle half: $4,566 to $20,640.

A lower Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Virginia (2024, 2,247 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,218. Middle half: $6,803 to $32,639.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Norfolk, VA (2024, 135 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 218. Middle half: 53 to 563.

Fewer Part D prescriptions than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Virginia (2024, 2,256 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 247. Middle half: 75 to 708.

Part D drug cost

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Norfolk, VA (2024, 135 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $6,424. Middle half: $655 to $71,468.

A higher Part D drug cost than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Virginia (2024, 2,256 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,441. Middle half: $640 to $57,211.

309 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Norfolk, VA (4,411 in Virginia).

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

Telehealth indicator in Norfolk

11.7% of these 309 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

63.1% of these 309 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), 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 ยท Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ€“ December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $562.02.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Stryker Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LIMFLOW SYSTEM General $158.95
Penumbra, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Indigo System General $149.73
Medtronic, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
ENDURANT IIS General $102.71
Medtronic, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
ENDURANT IIS General $70.05
Inari Medical, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S General $23.49
Stryker Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LIMFLOW SYSTEM General $14.17
Stryker Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LIMFLOW SYSTEM General $11.94
Stryker Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LIMFLOW SYSTEM General $11.15
Stryker Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LIMFLOW SYSTEM General $10.66
Stryker Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LIMFLOW SYSTEM General $9.17

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

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B ยท Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
36589 Removal of tunneled central venous tube
11 11 $259.00 $114.17

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.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

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

CMS Part D ยท Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Clopidogrel Clopidogrel Bisulfate 39 2,190 $383.05 21
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen 31 105 $113.61 29
Oxycodone Hcl Oxycodone Hcl 16 72 $47.61 16
Brilinta Ticagrelor 14 420 $6,090.05 โ€”
Atorvastatin Calcium Atorvastatin Calcium 12 390 $52.14 โ€”
Carvedilol Carvedilol 11 360 $21.77 โ€”
Eliquis Apixaban 11 285 $5,383.65 โ€”

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: 2023-12-06
Physician Assistant Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X

License # reported to NPPES VA 0110005405

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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Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20160812001810

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

VA

PECOS Control ID

3375837305

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.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Sentara Medical Group

830 Kempsville Rd, Norfolk, VA 235023920

Phone: 7572618860

Sentara Medical Group

600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 235071904

Sentara Medical Group

850 Kempsville Rd, Norfolk, VA 235023920

Secondary Practice Locations

4053 Taylor Rd, Suite N

Chesapeake, VA 233215537

Phone: 7574845900

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

36 listed
Dr. Sadaf Ahanchi , MD

Surgery - Vascular Surgery

NPI 1689835514

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Ahmad Alsheekh , MD

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

NPI 1457025280

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Mary Behm

Physician Assistant

NPI 1417361031
Dr. Siddharth Bhende , MD

Surgery - Vascular Surgery

NPI 1043535602

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

NPI 1497101901

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Kenneth Cherry

Surgery - Vascular Surgery

NPI 1750450375

Career & Practice History Timeline

Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status

8 Historical Events
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Updated Practice Location December 09, 2021

Registered at 600 GRESHAM DR STE 8620, NORFOLK, VA 235071904 (Tel: 7573951600)

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Updated Business Mailing Address December 09, 2021

Registered at 600 GRESHAM DR STE 8620, NORFOLK, VA 235071904 (Tel: 7573951600)

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NPI Profile Active July 01, 2016

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Practice Location (Initial Record) July 01, 2016

Registered at 4053 TAYLOR RD, SUITE N, CHESAPEAKE, VA 233215537 (Tel: 7574845900)

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Business Mailing Address (Initial Record) July 01, 2016

Registered at 4053 TAYLOR RD, SUITE N, CHESAPEAKE, VA 233215537 (Tel: 7574845900)

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Provider Name / Credentials (Initial Record) July 01, 2016

Recorded as TYLER BLANKENSHIP, PA

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) July 01, 2016

Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: VA 0110005405)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration July 01, 2016

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1679925606
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: July 01, 2016
Last Update: December 06, 2023
Sole Proprietor: No

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Mailing Address

600 Gresham Dr Ste 8620

Norfolk, VA 235071904

Phone: 7573951600

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.