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2026 NPPES data Neurological Surgery Physician NPI 1194972000 M.D.
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Regina Bower, M.D.

Neurological Surgery Physician in Loveland, Colorado.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 8,317 in Neurological Surgery Physician, 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
54
Medicare Part D claims · 37 beneficiaries · Neurological Surgery Physician avg: 189
MIPS score
97.6/100
▲ 14 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$18.61
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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What the federal data shows

Regina Bower, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 97.6/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 54 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

97.6/100
MIPS score · +14 vs avg
54
Part D claims, 2024
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥84th
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 Regina Bower, M.D.

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 1194972000), first enumerated 08/21/2008.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 54 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 97.6/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • 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

    $18.61 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • 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 1194972000 · Neurological Surgery Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-TRACE · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1194972000
  • ENUM-MID 2008
  • TAX-MID 8K Neurological Surgery
  • MIPS-ELITE 97.6/100
  • RX-TRACE 54
  • BOOK-THIN 173 in Colorado
  • PHOTO-FINISH Saleem Al Mawed · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Regina Bower, M.D.'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.

98 ≥ 84th percentile 84% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

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 Regina Bower, M.D. sits

This provider among neurological surgery physician peers

Across the 1,591 neurological surgery physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Regina Bower, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 39% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 84% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100024.949.974.899.8Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 5Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 75Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 2Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim 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specialty: 93 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 3Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 48Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 8Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Regina Bower, M.D., Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 39 · MIPS quality, percentile: 84
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one neurological surgery physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Regina Bower, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Regina Bower, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Regina Bower, M.D.?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 08/21/2008

NPI 1194972000

Primary specialty

Neurological Surgery Physician

Mid-sized

8,317 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

54 71% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 189

MIPS final score

97.6/100 14.1 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Colorado

How Neurological Surgery Physician compares to other specialties among Colorado providers

Colorado providers
Behavior Technician8.2%Mental Health Counselor6.1%Clinical Social Worker4.3%Physical Therapist4.2%Professional Counselor3.7%Registered Nurse3.6%Neurological Surgery Physici…0.1%
Largest specialties in Colorado (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Regina Bower, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Neurological Surgery Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
97.6/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%97.6%
MIPS final score (Neurological Surgery Physician) - 97.6/100 vs national avg 83.5
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

2500 ROCKY MOUNTAIN AVE STE MOB
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 495-7421

Provider Details

NPI 1194972000
Specialty Neurological Surgery Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Female
NPI Issued 08/21/2008

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

97.5814
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
86.5348
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Alternative Payment Model

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Regina Bower, M.D. 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.

Poudre Valley Medical Group LLC
Fort Collins, CO

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 Regina Bower, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$19

Largest payer

Stryker Corporation

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.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

54
Total Claims
$682
Total Drug Cost
37
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
59
Total Day Supply
1,057
Generic Drug Cost
$587
Opioid Claims
17 (31.5% rate)

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
73.5 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.20
Gender Split
62% female / 38% male
More Neurological Surgery Physician in CO → All providers in Colorado → Compare specialties →

Neurological Surgery Physician Overview

How Regina Bower, M.D. fits within the Neurological Surgery Physician landscape nationally.

8,317
Neurological Surgery Physician Providers in US
53
States with Neurological Surgery Physician
189
Avg Claims per Provider

Regina Bower, M.D.'s 54 claims are below the specialty average of 189.

Nationwide Neurological Surgery Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Bower, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (97.6 here).

Saleem Al Mawed 97.6 NM Nathaniel Amor 97.6 OH Silvia Baxter 97.6 FL Joshua Bentley 97.6 AL

Same NPPES enumeration year (2008)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Matthew Adamo Pittsburgh, PA Taylor Gist Houston, TX Raquel Dureza-Muneses Fresno, CA Kyle Swanson Milwaukee, WI

Nearby Neurological Surgery Physician Providers in Colorado

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Colorado, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Bower.

One of 173 Neurological Surgery Physician providers enrolled in Colorado, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Hemn Abdulrahim
MD
Aurora, CO
Dr. Gareth Adams
MD
Denver, CO
Dr. Basheal Agrawal
M.D.
Grand Junction, CO
Allyson Alexander
MD PHD
Aurora, CO
Dr. Othman Alhammad
MD
Aurora, CO

Compare Neurological Surgery Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Regina Bower, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Regina Bower, M.D. specializes in Neurological Surgery Physician and practices in Loveland, Colorado. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Regina Bower, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Regina Bower, M.D. wrote 54 Medicare Part D claims totaling $682 in drug costs for 37 beneficiaries.
What is Regina Bower, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Regina Bower, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 97.6/100 (Quality: 86.5). 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 Regina Bower, M.D. located? ▼
Regina Bower, M.D. is located at 2500 ROCKY MOUNTAIN AVE STE MOB, Loveland, CO, 80538. Phone: (970) 495-7421.
What is Regina Bower, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Regina Bower, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194972000, issued on 08/21/2008.
Does Regina Bower, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Regina Bower, M.D. had 17 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 31.5%.
How many Neurological Surgery Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 8,317 Neurological Surgery Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Neurological Surgery Physician provider writes 189 Medicare Part D claims per year.
Does Regina Bower, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Regina Bower, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 54 Part D claims and 37 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Regina Bower, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Regina Bower, M.D.'s NPI is 1194972000 with credentials M.D.. 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).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.