NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Urology Physician NPI 1306986930 MD
Verify on CMS → Brian Shaffer, MD
Urology Physician in Portland, Oregon.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 13,606 in Urology Physician, 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 · 465 beneficiaries · Urology Physician avg: 1K
MIPS score
84.7/100
▲ 1 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$939.11
35 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Brian Shaffer, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84.7/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,764 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 84.7/100
- MIPS score · +1 vs avg
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥42nd
- 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 Brian Shaffer, MD
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 1306986930), first enumerated 02/06/2007.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,764 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 84.7/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$939.11 in reported industry payments (35 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1306986930 · Urology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-INLINE · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1306986930
- ENUM-MID 2007
- TAX-MID 14K Urology Physician
- MIPS-INLINE 84.7/100
- RX-MID 1,764
- BOOK-THIN 184 in Oregon
- PHOTO-FINISH Kevin Walls · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Edward Ioffe · l…
Edward Ioffe
84.6 MIPS pts
- Nick Liu · near
Nick Liu
84.6 MIPS pts
- Shaffer · this p…
Shaffer · this provider
84.7 MIPS pts
- Kevin Walls · hi…
Kevin Walls
84.7 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Brian Shaffer, MD'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.
85 ≥ 42nd percentile 42% 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 Brian Shaffer, MD sits
This provider among urology physician peers
Across the 4,091 urology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Brian Shaffer, MD writes more Part D claims than 64% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 42% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one urology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Brian Shaffer, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Brian Shaffer, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Brian Shaffer, MD?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Urology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,764 30% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
84.7/100 1.2 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Oregon
How Urology Physician compares to other specialties among Oregon providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Brian Shaffer, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Urology Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 84.7/100
- 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 | 1306986930 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Urology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 02/06/2007 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
84.6766
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
73.824
Quality
75.098
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Brian Shaffer, MD 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.
Good Shepherd Health Care System
Hermiston, OR
Northwest Urology LLC
Portland, OR
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 Brian Shaffer, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$939
Largest payer
ABBVIE INC.
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.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,764
Total Claims
$1.4M
Total Drug Cost
465
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 3,433.733
- Total Day Supply
- 98,034
- Generic Drug Cost
- $57K
- Opioid Claims
- 38 (2.2% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 164
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 77.2 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.18
- Gender Split
- 6% female / 94% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Brian Shaffer, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
506 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er 167
Alfuzosin Hcl Er
167 claims
- Finasteride 167
Finasteride
167 claims
- Dutasteride 148
Dutasteride
148 claims
- Gemtesa 90
Gemtesa
90 claims
- Myrbetriq 87
Myrbetriq
87 claims
- Xtandi 86
Xtandi
86 claims
- Methenamine Hippur… 68
Methenamine Hippurate
68 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 506 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl Er Alfuzosin Hcl | 167 |
| Finasteride | 167 |
| Dutasteride | 148 |
| Gemtesa Vibegron | 90 |
| Myrbetriq Mirabegron | 87 |
| Xtandi Enzalutamide | 86 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 68 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 56 |
| Levofloxacin | 43 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Urology Physician Overview
How Brian Shaffer, MD fits within the Urology Physician landscape nationally.
13,606
Urology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Urology Physician
1,354
Avg Claims per Provider
Brian Shaffer, MD's 1,764 claims are above the specialty average of 1,354.
Nationwide Urology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Shaffer, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (84.7 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Urology Physician Providers in Oregon
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Oregon, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Shaffer.
One of 184 Urology Physician providers enrolled in Oregon, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Douglas Ackerman
M.D.
Clackamas, OR
Dr. Christopher Amling
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Portland, OR
Dr. Grecori Anderson
MD
Astoria, OR
Dr. Matt Ashley
M.D.
Bend, OR
Dr. James Austin
MD
Portland, OR
Compare Urology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Brian Shaffer, MD's specialty? ▼
Brian Shaffer, MD specializes in Urology Physician and practices in Portland, Oregon. Credentials: MD.
How much does Brian Shaffer, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Brian Shaffer, MD wrote 1,764 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.4M in drug costs for 465 beneficiaries.
What is Brian Shaffer, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Brian Shaffer, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 84.7/100 (Quality: 73.8, Cost: 75.1). 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 Brian Shaffer, MD located? ▼
Brian Shaffer, MD is located at 9135 SW BARNES RD, Portland, OR, 97225. Phone: (503) 297-1078.
What is Brian Shaffer, MD's NPI number? ▼
Brian Shaffer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306986930, issued on 02/06/2007.
Does Brian Shaffer, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Brian Shaffer, MD had 38 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.2%.
How many Urology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 13,606 Urology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Urology Physician provider writes 1,354 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Brian Shaffer, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Brian Shaffer, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Tamsulosin Hcl, Alfuzosin Hcl Er, Finasteride. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Brian Shaffer, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Brian Shaffer, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,764 Part D claims and 465 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Brian Shaffer, MD's credentials? ▼
Brian Shaffer, MD's NPI is 1306986930 with credentials MD. 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).
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