Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM
Advanced Practice Midwife · Bethesda, MD
Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM is an advanced practice midwife with a practice address in Bethesda, Maryland, and NPI 1699752170, issued on Dec 27, 2005. Check the license (Maryland R223970, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Elaine Shaffer
- Credential
- CNM
- Primary taxonomy
- Advanced Practice Midwife 367A00000X
- License number
- R223970 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889
- Phone
- (760) 585-8128
- Enumerated
- Dec 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 23, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170201000054); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Elaine Shaffer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
Search for license R223970Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.5 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Seton Medical Group IncBaltimore, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Elaine Shaffer among 310 advanced practice midwife records in Maryland
Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM is one of 310 advanced practice midwife records with a practice address in Maryland. 51% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 51% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2016 among the 125 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 51% 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 Maryland 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 Maryland
There are 310 advanced practice midwife records in Maryland.
All 310 in Maryland → Every provider in Bethesda → Advanced Practice Midwife nationwide →
The 8 advanced practice midwife records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Susan Brown, CNMBethesda, MD 208891548297187
- Ilana Eastman, RN, CNMBethesda, MD 208891477967750
- Lilian Farrior, CNMBethesda, MD 208891366502809
- Lynette Hamlin, CNM, RNBethesda, MD 208891356392997
- Virginia Hazlett, CNMBethesda, MD 208891629256243
- Andrea Hernandez, CNM. WHNPBethesda, MD 208891932580297
- Megan Moody, DNP, CNMBethesda, MD 208891932713039
- Laura Oliveria, CNMBethesda, MD 208891831340215
Common questions
What is Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM's NPI number?
Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699752170, issued on Dec 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20889. Phone: (760) 585-8128. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number R223970, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Sara Elaine Shaffer, CNM's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.5 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.