NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH

Surgical Critical Care Physician · Aurora, CO

Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH is a surgical critical care physician with a practice address in Aurora, Colorado, and NPI 1740676402, issued on Apr 9, 2015. Check the license (Colorado 0066489, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740676402
Name
Chelsea Rae Horwood
Credential
M.D., MPH
Primary taxonomy
Surgical Critical Care Physician 2086S0102X
License numbers
0066489 CO
01097443A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
12605 E 16TH Ave, Aurora, CO 80045
Phone
(720) 848-0000
Enumerated
Apr 9, 2015
Record last updated
Nov 3, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20251106001673); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 12605 E 16TH Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Benjamin Aakre, MDAnesthesiology Physician1407140395
  2. Alec Aaronson, DOPsychiatry Physician1972065233
  3. Mona Abaza, MDOtolaryngology Physician1043313844
  4. Meagan AbbagnaroAnesthesiologist Assistant1851254262
  5. Jean Abbott, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1578672820
  6. Adam Abraham, MDInternal Medicine Physician1720178304

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.1 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score90.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%73.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%88.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $55.98

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated. The 1,092 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,183.62 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Chelsea Horwood$55.98
  2. Specialty average$2,183.62

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 3 group practices

  1. IU Health Medical Group LLCIndianapolis, IN
  2. North Texas Critical Care PADallas, TX
  3. Urgent Surgery Associates PADallas, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Chelsea Rae Horwood among 23 surgical critical care physician records in Colorado

Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH is one of 23 surgical critical care physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 87% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 87% of these records are older, 4% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2010 among the 19 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2086S0102X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgical Critical Care Physician providers in Colorado

There are 23 surgical critical care physician records in Colorado.

The 8 surgical critical care physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Juan Idrovo, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451003071903
  2. Alexander Schwed, MDAurora, CO 800451548518962
  3. Aqsa Shakoor, M.D.Greenwood Village, CO 801111346582723
  4. Rachel Thompson, DOLittleton, CO 801231407318074
  5. William Pfeifer, MDHighlands Ranch, CO 801261699732024
  6. John Moore, MDDenver, CO 802041194819649
  7. Kenneth Platnick, MDDenver, CO 802041124065594
  8. Christian Dennis, MDFort Collins, CO 805281750680484

Common questions

What is Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH's NPI number?

Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740676402, issued on Apr 9, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12605 E 16TH Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045. Phone: (720) 848-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH's license?

NPPES lists Colorado license number 0066489, 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.

What is Chelsea Rae Horwood, M.D., MPH's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.1 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.