Tara Hefner, PA-C

Primary specialty

Medical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AM0700X

License

PA3408 Issued in KY

Practice address

222 Medical Center
Morehead, KY 40351

Phone

(606) 783-6500

NPI assigned

May 18, 2023

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KY

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University of KentuckyGroup PAC ID 3072425289, 778 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• St Claire Regional Medical Center Hospital, Morehead, KY, CCN 180018
• University of Kentucky Hospital Hospital, Lexington, KY, CCN 180067

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• University of Kentucky

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1770771974
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• St Claire Medical Center, Inc.,

  dba St Claire Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Morehead, KY
  • NPI 1821168535
  Medicare reassignment
• St Claire Medical Center Inc.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Morehead, KY
  • NPI 1427188077

  Physician Assistant

  NPD
• St Claire Medical Center, Inc

  dba St Claire Healthcare Urgent Care

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Morehead, KY
  • NPI 1477236487
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• St Claire Medical Center Inc

  dba Cave Run Surgical Specialists

  • Surgery Physician
  • Morehead, KY
  • NPI 1053465666

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• St Claire Medical Center Inc

  dba St Claire Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Morehead, KY
  • NPI 1124078696
  Care Compare affiliation
• St Claire Medical Center, Inc

  dba St. Claire Family Care Clinic

  • Clinic/Center
  • Morehead, KY
  • NPI 1689012775

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• University of Kentucky

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1518911338
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1777507200000",
    "number": "1730870858",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "222 MEDICAL CIR",
            "city": "MOREHEAD",
            "state": "KY",
            "postal_code": "403511179",
            "telephone_number": "606-783-6500"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
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            "city": "MOREHEAD",
            "state": "KY",
            "postal_code": "40351",
            "telephone_number": "606-783-6500"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "740 S Limestone",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Lexington",
            "state": "KY",
            "postal_code": "405360284",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "859-323-5661",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "HEFNER",
        "first_name": "TARA",
        "name_prefix": "Mrs.",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2023-05-18",
        "last_updated": "2026-04-30",
        "certification_date": "2026-04-30",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363AS0400X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant, Surgical",
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            "license": "PA3408",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "363AM0700X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant, Medical",
            "state": "KY",
            "license": "PA3408",
            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "363A00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant",
            "state": "KY",
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            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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• Medical Physician Assistant in Morehead, KY
• Providers in Morehead, KY by specialty
• Medical Physician Assistant in Kentucky

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 30, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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