Dr. Stephanie Silverman, FNP-C
What this data tells you about Dr. Silverman
Dr. Stephanie Silverman is a physician assistant in Longview, TX, with 10 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Silverman performed 5,152 Medicare services across 3,422 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Silverman received a total of $6,334 from 40 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 405 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in physician assistant. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Silverman is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 592 | $73 | $200 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 461 | $8 | $20 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 369 | $10 | $105 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 354 | $8 | $40 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 327 | $38 | $65 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 324 | $13 | $66 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 286 | $106 | $130 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 250 | $47 | $135 |
| Annual depression screening | 225 | $15 | $20 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 182 | $67 | $100 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 172 | $10 | $60 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 146 | $16 | $70 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 140 | $62 | $150 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 107 | $23 | $70 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 96 | $30 | $31 |
| Vitamin D level test | 87 | $29 | $140 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 83 | $72 | $85 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 74 | $29 | $30 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 71 | $282 | $305 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 64 | $6 | $70 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 64 | $5 | $25 |
| Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level | 58 | $38 | $110 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 42 | $95 | $270 |
| Iron level test | 39 | $6 | $35 |
| Urine culture, bacterial colony count | 39 | $8 | $35 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 36 | $29 | $50 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 34 | $171 | $410 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 34 | $19 | $95 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 31 | $33 | $80 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 30 | $8 | $59 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 30 | $15 | $77 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 30 | $13 | $72 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 29 | $9 | $40 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 27 | $8 | $50 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 26 | $134 | $300 |
| Liver function blood test panel | 24 | $8 | $51 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 24 | $3 | $22 |
| Drug screening test | 23 | $61 | $185 |
| Antibiotic sensitivity test | 23 | $8 | $40 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 20 | $9 | $41 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 19 | $12 | $25 |
| Automated urinalysis | 17 | $2 | $18 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 16 | $35 | $80 |
| Urine culture, bacterial identification | 14 | $8 | $20 |
| Uric acid level test | 13 | $4 | $25 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (98%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 4% for physician assistant in TX.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Silverman is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 4%).
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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