Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Newark, DE
Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Newark, Delaware, and NPI 1043281629, issued on Jan 31, 2006. Check the license (Delaware C50000230, as entered in NPPES) with the Delaware board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paula Michelle Smith
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- C50000230 DE
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4745 Ogletown Stanton RD Ste 225, Newark, DE 19713
- Phone
- (302) 731-2888
- Enumerated
- Jan 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 25, 2024
- Fax
- (302) 731-7049
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100422000089); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Duke University School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paula Michelle Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Delaware board licenses this profession
Search for license C50000230Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
706 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 240 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl187 claims
- Gabapentin182 claims
- Celecoxib81 claims
- Tramadol Hcl43 claims
- Ondansetron Odt41 claims
- Meloxicam31 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): 80.1 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: $14.65
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- First State Orthopaedics PANewark, DE
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paula Michelle Smith among 695 physician assistant records in Delaware
Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C is one of 695 physician assistant records with a practice address in Delaware. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2019 among the 462 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Delaware practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
319 physician assistant records list a practice address in Newark
They are 319 of the 4,662 NPPES records with a practice address in Newark, and 695 physician assistant records in Delaware.
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Common questions
What is Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C's NPI number?
Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043281629, issued on Jan 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4745 Ogletown Stanton RD Ste 225, Newark, DE, 19713. Phone: (302) 731-2888. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Delaware license number C50000230, as entered by the provider. Search the Delaware board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C had 706 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paula Michelle Smith, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.1 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.