Andrea Schaffer, PA

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

00964 Issued in IA

Practice address

8421 Plum Dr
Urbandale, IA 50322-7356

Phone

(515) 270-7222

Fax

(515) 270-7202

NPI assigned

Aug 23, 2006

Last updated

May 13, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 1994

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Iowa Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center PCGroup PAC ID 0941514715, 15 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Hospital, Des Moines, IA, CCN 160083

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

76.86 of 100Reported as group

Quality

82.52

Promoting interoperability

86

Improvement activities

40

Cost

52.01

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

0 of 100Reported as group

Quality

0

Improvement activities

0

Cost

0

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: andrea.schaffer@direct.iaaoc.nextgenshare.com
• Direct secure messaging: andrea.schaffer@direct.iaoc.nextgenshare.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Iowa Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center PC

  • Rheumatology Physician
  • Urbandale, IA
  • NPI 1720462914
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp

  dba MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1538395975
  Care Compare affiliation
• Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp

  dba MercyOne Des Moines Laboratory

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1104982743

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp

  dba MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1508964883
  Care Compare affiliation
• Catholic Health Initiatives, Ia-Corp

  dba Mercy Medical Mammography Center

  • Mammography Clinic/Center
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1477984367

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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        "credential": "PA",
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• Shannon Schmidt, LISW
• Thomas William Schmidt, MD
• Gregory Alan Schmunk, M.D.
• Jana Patrice Schneckloth, LMSW

• Physician Assistant in Urbandale, IA
• Providers in Urbandale, IA by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Iowa

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 13, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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