Dale Barnes, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Specialist provider holding M.D. credentials at 701 CHARLES ST, La Plata, MD, 20646, with a listed phone of (301) 609-4000. NPI 1952398372 was issued on 09/30/2005.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 94 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 61 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $3K in drug spend, with an opioid prescribing rate of 14.9%. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 96/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 85.5, Cost 74.9), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Specialist is a high-volume specialty nationwide, with 69,658 enrolled providers across 55 states and an average of 1,474 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.

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