Brian Shear, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Wheat Ridge, CO
Brian Shear, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and NPI 1457393548, issued on Jun 12, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 43650, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian Shear
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 43650 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8300 W 38TH Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
- Phone
- (303) 425-2087
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 29, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 94973245 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060821000119); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brian Shear in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 43650Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
121 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl13 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Usacs Community Emergency Services OF Colorado Inc.Arvada, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brian Shear among 1,434 emergency medicine physician records in Colorado
Brian Shear, MD is one of 1,434 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2011 among the 810 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Colorado
There are 1,434 emergency medicine physician records in Colorado.
All 1,434 in Colorado → Every provider in Wheat Ridge → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jason Bellows, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331952386757
- Todd Bickford, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331053379719
- Klementyna Breyer, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331073593562
- Travis Guthrie, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331235471632
- Nathan Karber, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331831317718
- David Leventhal, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331801154323
- Gwendolyn Mullinix, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331265482186
- Stacy Page, DOWheat Ridge, CO 800331962767368
Common questions
What is Brian Shear, MD's NPI number?
Brian Shear, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457393548, issued on Jun 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian Shear, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8300 W 38TH Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033. Phone: (303) 425-2087. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian Shear, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 43650, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Brian Shear, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian Shear, MD had 121 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.