Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM
Advanced Practice Midwife · Santa Cruz, CA
Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM is an advanced practice midwife with a practice address in Santa Cruz, California, and NPI 1174067870, issued on Dec 14, 2016. Check the license (California 235823, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek
- Credential
- CNM
- Primary taxonomy
- Advanced Practice Midwife 367A00000X
- License numbers
- 235823 CA
95042001 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1505 Soquel Dr Ste 5A, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
- Phone
- (831) 465-5440
- Enumerated
- Dec 14, 2016
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170328001642); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1505 Soquel Dr Ste 5A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Leora Fromm, RN, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1023160132
Verify Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 235823Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average advanced practice midwife in 2024
34 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 72 among the 2,776 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 38% of 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $42.21
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 3,833 providers of this specialty with any payment received $204.49 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
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationBerkeley, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek among 1,115 advanced practice midwife records in California
Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM is one of 1,115 advanced practice midwife records with a practice address in California. 33% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 33% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2016 among the 208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Advanced Practice Midwife providers in California
There are 1,115 advanced practice midwife records in California.
All 1,115 in California → Every provider in Santa Cruz → Advanced Practice Midwife nationwide →
The 8 advanced practice midwife records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Marian Acquistapace, CNM/FNPSanta Cruz, CA 950651215488226
- Anabel Albano, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651336335611
- Tamara Belkin, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651871612853
- Kayla Cushner, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651518304013
- Mackenzie Douglass, MSN, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651922446889
- Leora Fromm, RN, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651023160132
- Meredith Hammig, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651457373219
- Joann Johansen, CNMSanta Cruz, CA 950651922067628
Common questions
What is Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM's NPI number?
Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174067870, issued on Dec 14, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1505 Soquel Dr Ste 5A, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065. Phone: (831) 465-5440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM's license?
NPPES lists California license number 235823, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Martina Halley Chwascinska-Szarek, CNM had 34 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among advanced practice midwife prescribers was 72. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.