NPI registry status
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2026 NPPES data Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist NPI 1134538978 AGCNS-BC
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Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist in Austin, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 399 in Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 492 beneficiaries · Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist avg: 990
MIPS score
100/100
▲ 17 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$269.79
9 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC reported a CMS MIPS final score of 100/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,529 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 100/100
- MIPS score · +17 vs avg
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- $269.79
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥92nd
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1134538978), first enumerated 08/06/2014.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,529 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 100/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$269.79 in reported industry payments (9 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: TMB annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
Compare Barger with other Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist providers
Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.
Also enrolled in Texas
- Veronica Adeyanju Austin, TX
- Laura Benton Austin, TX
- Debra Biskobing, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC Austin, TX
- Dr. Gordon Briscoe, D.N.P Live Oak, TX
- Kelly Coleman, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC Austin, TX
- Alexandra Cooper, AGCNS-BC Houston, TX
Other specialties in Austin: Behavior Technician (1,625) · Clinical Social Worker (1,599) · Professional Counselor (1,389) · Speech-Language Pathologist (1,088)
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1134538978 · Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-TRACE · MIPS-ELITE · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1134538978
- ENUM-MID 2014
- TAX-TRACE 399
- MIPS-ELITE 100/100
- RX-MID 1,529
- BOOK-THIN 47 in Texas
- PHOTO-FINISH Stacie Hanes, APRN-CNS · ±0.8
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Chelsey Sundberg…
Chelsey Sundberg, APRN
97.8 MIPS pts
- Stacie Hanes, AP…
Stacie Hanes, APRN-CNS
99.2 MIPS pts
- Natalie Hyatt, A…
Natalie Hyatt, APRN, CNS
99.2 MIPS pts
- Shobha Rebala, A…
Shobha Rebala, APRN
99.2 MIPS pts
- Barger · this pr…
Barger · this provider
100 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
100 ≥ 92nd percentile 92% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC sits
This provider among gerontology clinical nurse specialist peers
Across the 27 gerontology clinical nurse specialist providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC writes more Part D claims than 81% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 96% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one gerontology clinical nurse specialist peer from a representative sample of 26; the gold marker is Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Medicare Part D claims
1,529 54% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
100/100 16.5 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 100/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1134538978 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Credentials | AGCNS-BC |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 08/06/2014 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
100
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
100
Quality
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Midtown Urology Associates, PA
Austin, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$270
Largest payer
Teleflex LLC
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC. To verify Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,529
Total Claims
$112K
Total Drug Cost
492
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 3,270.4
- Total Day Supply
- 93,434
- Generic Drug Cost
- $44K
- Opioid Claims
- 29 (1.9% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 156
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.7 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.08
- Gender Split
- 10% female / 90% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
586 claims
- Finasteride 153
Finasteride
153 claims
- Testosterone Cypio… 92
Testosterone Cypionate
92 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er 85
Alfuzosin Hcl Er
85 claims
- Anastrozole 57
Anastrozole
57 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl 41
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
41 claims
- Myrbetriq 41
Myrbetriq
41 claims
- Acetaminophen-Code… 29
Acetaminophen-Codeine
29 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 586 |
| Finasteride | 153 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 92 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl Er Alfuzosin Hcl | 85 |
| Anastrozole | 57 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 41 |
| Myrbetriq Mirabegron | 41 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine Acetaminophen With Codeine | 29 |
| Estradiol | 29 |
| Cefuroxime Cefuroxime Axetil | 28 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Overview
How Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC fits within the Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist landscape nationally.
399
Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Providers in US
45
States with Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
990
Avg Claims per Provider
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's 1,529 claims are above the specialty average of 990.
Nationwide Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Barger, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (100 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2014)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Barger.
One of 47 Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist providers enrolled in Texas, 11 are shown on this page.
Elena Cosenza
CNS
Austin, TX
Erin Curra-Spurger
MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC
Austin, TX
Lynnea Edwards
APRN, AGCNS-BC
Austin, TX
Garry Francis-Verbeelen
AGCNSBC
San Marcos, TX
Heather Franz
CNS
San Antonio, TX
Compare Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's specialty? ▼
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC specializes in Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist and practices in Austin, Texas. Credentials: AGCNS-BC.
How much does Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC wrote 1,529 Medicare Part D claims totaling $112K in drug costs for 492 beneficiaries.
What is Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's Medicare quality score? ▼
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 100/100 (Quality: 100). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC located? ▼
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC is located at 911 W 38TH ST, Austin, TX, 78705. Phone: (512) 451-7935.
What is Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's NPI number? ▼
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134538978, issued on 08/06/2014.
Does Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC had 29 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 1.9%.
How many Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 399 Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist providers across 45 states in the US. The average Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist provider writes 990 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's most frequently prescribed drugs include Tamsulosin Hcl, Finasteride, Testosterone Cypionate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC accept Medicare? ▼
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,529 Part D claims and 492 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's credentials? ▼
Andrew Barger, AGCNS-BC's NPI is 1134538978 with credentials AGCNS-BC. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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