ELIZABETH SIPALA, CRNP appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner provider holding CRNP credentials at 6602 CHURCH HILL RD, CHESTERTOWN, MD, 21620, with a listed phone of (410) 778-0300. NPI 1043210032 was issued on 07/30/2005. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what SIPALA most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 4,237 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 223 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $525K in drug spend, split 13% brand-name and 87% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 3.7%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 62.2006/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 47.4018, Cost 44.133), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 10,138 enrolled providers across 54 states and an average of 1,363 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.