Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA
Physician Assistant · Kalamazoo, MI
Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and NPI 1700319647, issued on Apr 7, 2017. Check the license (Michigan 5601008277, as entered in NPPES) with the Michigan board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alexandra Katherine Shields
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 5601008277 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1722 Shaffer St, Kalamazoo, MI 49048
- Phone
- (269) 343-1555
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2017
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170823000365); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Alexandra Katherine Shields in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Michigan board licenses this profession
Search for license 5601008277Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
377 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 54 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl38 claims
- Furosemide35 claims
- Clopidogrel34 claims
- Potassium Chloride32 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate30 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl27 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $257.69
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Spectrum Health Primary Care PartnersGrand Rapids, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alexandra Katherine Shields among 6,989 physician assistant records in Michigan
Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA is one of 6,989 physician assistant records with a practice address in Michigan. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 52% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2017 among the 4,739 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Michigan practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
173 physician assistant records list a practice address in Kalamazoo
They are 173 of the 6,553 NPPES records with a practice address in Kalamazoo, and 6,989 physician assistant records in Michigan.
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Common questions
What is Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA's NPI number?
Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700319647, issued on Apr 7, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1722 Shaffer St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49048. Phone: (269) 343-1555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA's license?
NPPES lists Michigan license number 5601008277, as entered by the provider. Search the Michigan board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA had 377 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alexandra Katherine Shields, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.