Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NM
Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1700811783, issued on Jul 11, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico PA20040046, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michelle C. Underwood
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA20040046 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4705 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
- Phone
- (505) 727-4500
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (505) 727-4505
- Medicaid ID
- 20837054 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051230000471); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 4705 Montgomery Blvd NE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Dorothy Beach, CNMMidwife1639192826
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Verify Michelle C. Underwood in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA20040046Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
138 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Estradiol54 claims
- Metronidazole15 claims
- Paroxetine Hcl11 claims
- Premarin11 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $174.86
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Southwest Medical Associates, LLCAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C's NPI number?
Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700811783, issued on Jul 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4705 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109. Phone: (505) 727-4500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA20040046, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michelle C. Underwood, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.