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2026 NPPES data Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner NPI 1154502649 NP CNS
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Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in New York, New York.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 40,776 in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 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.

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Prescribing volume
19
Medicare Part D claims · Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner avg: 927
MIPS score
100/100
▲ 17 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
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What the federal data shows

Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS reported a CMS MIPS final score of 100/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 19 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

100/100
MIPS score · +17 vs avg
19
Part D claims, 2023
≥92nd
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.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1154502649 · Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

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

  • NPI-10 1154502649
  • ENUM-MID 2007
  • TAX-MID 41K Psychiatric/Mental Health
  • MIPS-ELITE 100/100
  • RX-TRACE 19
  • BOOK-LIGHT 2,860 in New York
  • PHOTO-FINISH Folawewo Ajayi · ±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

Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS'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.

100 ≥ 92nd percentile 92% 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 Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS sits

This provider among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner peers

Across the 1,808 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS writes more Part D claims than 3% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 93% - 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 quality02550751000255075100Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 37Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 58Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 53 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 23Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 20 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 3Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 48Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality, percentile: 5Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 30 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 8Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 77Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 2Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 68 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 22Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

What does the federal data show about Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 11/26/2007

NPI 1154502649

Primary specialty

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Mid-sized

40,776 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

19 98% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 927

MIPS final score

100/100 16.5 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in New York

How Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner compares to other specialties among New York providers

New York providers
Student in an Organized Heal…7.8%Registered Nurse5.2%Clinical Social Worker4.9%Social Worker4.5%Speech-Language Pathologist4.5%Licensed Practical Nurse4.3%Psychiatric/Mental Health Nu…0.5%
Largest specialties in New York (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
100/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%99%
MIPS final score (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) - 100/100 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

516 WEST 168TH STREET
New York, NY 10032
(212) 326-5705

Provider Details

NPI 1154502649
Specialty Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Credentials NP CNS
Gender Female
NPI Issued 11/26/2007

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

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

100
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
86.8066
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Alternative Payment Model

License & disciplinary context - New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS. To verify Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases

NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

19
Total Claims
$357
Total Drug Cost
N/A
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
21
Total Day Supply
572
Brand Drug Cost
$0
Generic Drug Cost
$357

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
74.4 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
0.97
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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Overview

How Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS fits within the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner landscape nationally.

40,776
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Providers in US
54
States with Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
927
Avg Claims per Provider

Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's 19 claims are below the specialty average of 927.

Nationwide Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Alvarado, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (100 here).

Folawewo Ajayi 100 NJ Sherri Albertson 100 IN Rebecca Allen-Legault 100 IN Susan Archacki-Resnik 100 FL

Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)

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

Mimi Morris Florence, MT Dawn Dean Fort Worth, TX Elizabeth Potter West Liberty, KY Julie Ross McComb, MS

Nearby Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Providers in New York

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Alvarado.

One of 2,860 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Lori Aavik
DNP
New York, NY
Dr. Jeanne Abatemarco
N.P.P., M.S., R,N
New York, NY
Dr. Arias Abbruzzi Davis
DNP-BC
New York, NY
Dr. Bernadette Abeel
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Albany, NY
Dr. Robert Abel
NURSE PRACTITIONER
New York, NY

Compare Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's specialty? ▼
Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS specializes in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and practices in New York, New York. Credentials: NP CNS.
How much does Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS wrote 19 Medicare Part D claims totaling $357 in drug costs for N/A beneficiaries.
What is Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's Medicare quality score? ▼
Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 100/100 (Quality: 86.8). 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 Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS located? ▼
Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS is located at 516 WEST 168TH STREET, New York, NY, 10032. Phone: (212) 326-5705.
What is Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's NPI number? ▼
Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154502649, issued on 11/26/2007.
How many Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 40,776 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers across 54 states in the US. The average Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provider writes 927 Medicare Part D claims per year.
Does Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS accept Medicare? ▼
Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS appears in CMS Medicare data with 19 Part D claims and N/A Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's credentials? ▼
Sandra Alvarado, NP CNS's NPI is 1154502649 with credentials NP CNS. 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 (2023). 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 April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (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 May 2026.