Douglas A. Shields, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Spruce Pine, NC
Douglas A. Shields, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and NPI 1891717815, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas A. Shields
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- E4736 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 125 Hospital Dr, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
- Phone
- (828) 765-4201
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 2, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 204445209 MO
5630460000 WV
010210364 VA
00125794 MS - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100129000199); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 125 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael DamicoPhysician Assistant1073805032
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- James DrakeSurgery Physician1427582378
- Annabelle GreeneFamily Nurse Practitioner1518762624
- Kaitlyn Hobbs, MA CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1881204048
- Deborah Holcomb, DOInternal Medicine Physician1407801632
Verify Douglas A. Shields in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
67 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin11 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersNewland, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas A. Shields among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Douglas A. Shields, M.D. is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 55% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Spruce Pine
They are 6 of the 132 NPPES records with a practice address in Spruce Pine, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 2,094 in North Carolina → Every provider in Spruce Pine → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Cort, MDSpruce Pine, NC 287771154339067
- Lucia Derks, M.D.Spruce Pine, NC 287771285976456
- Richard Fireman, MDSpruce Pine, NC 287771376651208
- Christopher Mullins, DOSpruce Pine, NC 287771538157789
- David Mullins, DOSpruce Pine, NC 287771841600939
- Jorge Carreras, M.D.Sylva, NC 287791487761425
- Heather Lloyd, M.D.Sylva, NC 287791659421865
- Mark Grenkoski, M.D.Robbinsville, NC 287711174567754
Common questions
What is Douglas A. Shields, M.D.'s NPI number?
Douglas A. Shields, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891717815, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas A. Shields, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 125 Hospital Dr, Spruce Pine, NC, 28777. Phone: (828) 765-4201. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas A. Shields, M.D.'s license?
Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Douglas A. Shields, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas A. Shields, M.D. had 67 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Douglas A. Shields, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.