What is Nicholas Shields's specialty?

Nicholas Shields (NPI 1710323191) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Kansas City, MO.

Where does Nicholas Shields practice?

Nicholas Shields practices in Kansas City, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1710323191.

How much does Medicare pay Nicholas Shields?

Nicholas Shields (NPI 1710323191) received approximately $15K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 112 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710323191

Nicholas ShieldsRN/CRNA

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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)Kansas City, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$898

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,444 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) providers in MO — above median (cohort median 116).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.2

Quality

58.2

Cost

75.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.22%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicholas Shields's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Creekwood Surgery Center, Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Kansas City, MO	24	25
Briarcliff Ambulatory Surgery Center Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Kansas City, MO	16	17
Dana Towle Plastic Surgery · Kansas City, MO	13	23

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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