Katherine Waters Shields, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Oxford, MS
Katherine Waters Shields, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Oxford, Mississippi, and NPI 1023527017, issued on Sep 22, 2017. Check the license (Mississippi 902316, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katherine Waters Shields
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 902316 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 Baptist Memorial Cir Ste 120, Oxford, MS 38655
- Phone
- (662) 244-2288
- Enumerated
- Sep 22, 2017
- Record last updated
- Feb 3, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 636-2285
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171024002736); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katherine Waters Shields in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 902316Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
173 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate37 claims
- Mupirocin37 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $99.05
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Artivion, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Baptist Memorial Medical Group, Inc.Oxford, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katherine Waters Shields among 3,798 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi
Katherine Waters Shields, NP is one of 3,798 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 2017, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 50% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2017 among the 2,576 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
97 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Oxford
They are 97 of the 1,418 NPPES records with a practice address in Oxford, and 3,798 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Katherine Waters Shields, NP's NPI number?
Katherine Waters Shields, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023527017, issued on Sep 22, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katherine Waters Shields, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Baptist Memorial Cir Ste 120, Oxford, MS, 38655. Phone: (662) 244-2288. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katherine Waters Shields, NP's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 902316, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Katherine Waters Shields, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katherine Waters Shields, NP had 173 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Katherine Waters Shields, NP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.