NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Podiatrist NPI 1285653782 DPM
Verify on CMS → John Scheffel, DPM
Podiatrist in Worcester, Massachusetts.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 10,602 in Podiatrist, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
163
Medicare Part D claims · 63 beneficiaries · Podiatrist avg: 320
MIPS score
78.5/100
▼ 5 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$38.45
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
John Scheffel, DPM reported a CMS MIPS final score of 78.5/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 163 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 78.5/100
- MIPS score · -5 vs avg
- 163
- Part D claims, 2024
- $38.45
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥23rd
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about John Scheffel, DPM
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1285653782), first enumerated 07/18/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 163 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 78.5/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$38.45 in reported industry payments (2 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Massachusetts statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not John Scheffel, DPM's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: BORIM annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1285653782 · Podiatrist
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-BELOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1285653782
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 11K Podiatrist
- MIPS-BELOW 78.5/100
- RX-LIGHT 163
- BOOK-THIN 294 in Massachusetts
- PHOTO-FINISH Chad Summy · ±0.1
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Chad Summy · low…
Chad Summy
78.4 MIPS pts
- Emily Quinn · near
Emily Quinn
78.4 MIPS pts
- Scheffel · this …
Scheffel · this provider
78.5 MIPS pts
- Paul Fachada · h…
Paul Fachada
78.6 MIPS pts
- Mitchell Bernkno…
Mitchell Bernknopf
78.6 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
John Scheffel, DPM's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
79 ≥ 23rd percentile 23% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where John Scheffel, DPM sits
This provider among podiatrist peers
Across the 2,362 podiatrist providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, John Scheffel, DPM writes more Part D claims than 39% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 51% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one podiatrist peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is John Scheffel, DPM. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about John Scheffel, DPM?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Podiatrist
Medicare Part D claims
163 49% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
78.5/100 5 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Massachusetts
How Podiatrist compares to other specialties among Massachusetts providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
John Scheffel, DPM's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Podiatrist national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 78.5/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1285653782 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Podiatrist |
| Credentials | DPM |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/18/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
78.5065
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
57.013
Quality
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where John Scheffel, DPM bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Scheffel Foot Center PC
Worcester, MA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for John Scheffel, DPM. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$38
Largest payer
Averitas Pharma Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Massachusetts BORIM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~38K Massachusetts medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to John Scheffel, DPM. To verify John Scheffel, DPM's current license status, search the BORIM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
80
Total board actions, Massachusetts 2023
Across 78 cases
2.11
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Massachusetts statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
29 cases
BORIM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Massachusetts disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
163
Total Claims
$1K
Total Drug Cost
63
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 204.333
- Total Day Supply
- 4,264
- Brand Drug Cost
- $0
- Generic Drug Cost
- $1K
- Opioid Claims
- 27 (16.6% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 31
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.59
- Gender Split
- 65% female / 35% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What John Scheffel, DPM prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
63 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetamin… 23
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
23 claims
- Cephalexin 21
Cephalexin
21 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 63 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 |
| Cephalexin | 21 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Podiatrist Overview
How John Scheffel, DPM fits within the Podiatrist landscape nationally.
10,602
Podiatrist Providers in US
54
States with Podiatrist
320
Avg Claims per Provider
John Scheffel, DPM's 163 claims are below the specialty average of 320.
Nationwide Podiatrist peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Scheffel, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (78.5 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Podiatrist Providers in Massachusetts
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Massachusetts, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Scheffel.
One of 294 Podiatrist providers enrolled in Massachusetts, 5 are shown here.
Dr. George Abboud
DPM
Reading, MA
Dr. Shadi Abboud
DPM
Framingham, MA
Dr. Donald Adams
DPM
Framingham, MA
Dr. David Agoada
DPM
Boston, MA
Dr. Jamey Allen
DPM
Woburn, MA
Compare Podiatrist nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is John Scheffel, DPM's specialty? ▼
John Scheffel, DPM specializes in Podiatrist and practices in Worcester, Massachusetts. Credentials: DPM.
How much does John Scheffel, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, John Scheffel, DPM wrote 163 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1K in drug costs for 63 beneficiaries.
What is John Scheffel, DPM's Medicare quality score? ▼
John Scheffel, DPM has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 78.5/100 (Quality: 57). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is John Scheffel, DPM located? ▼
John Scheffel, DPM is located at 95 VERNON ST, Worcester, MA, 01610. Phone: (508) 755-2466.
What is John Scheffel, DPM's NPI number? ▼
John Scheffel, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285653782, issued on 07/18/2006.
Does John Scheffel, DPM prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, John Scheffel, DPM had 27 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 16.6%.
How many Podiatrist providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 10,602 Podiatrist providers across 54 states in the US. The average Podiatrist provider writes 320 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does John Scheffel, DPM prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, John Scheffel, DPM's most frequently prescribed drugs include Gabapentin, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Cephalexin. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does John Scheffel, DPM accept Medicare? ▼
John Scheffel, DPM appears in CMS Medicare data with 163 Part D claims and 63 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify John Scheffel, DPM's credentials? ▼
John Scheffel, DPM's NPI is 1285653782 with credentials DPM. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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