Shelby Irene Waalkes, AGACNP-BC

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

APRN11031162 Issued in FL

Practice address

13681 Doctors Way Ste 18026
Fort Myers, FL 33912-4300

Phone

(239) 343-3640

Fax

(239) 343-3452

NPI assigned

Oct 30, 2018

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Shelby Irene Dewitt Former name

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MI, FL2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Lee Health System IncGroup PAC ID 9335672146, 1,381 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Cape Coral Hospital Hospital, Cape Coral, FL, CCN 100244
• Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Hospital, Fort Myers, FL, CCN 100220

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.64 of 100Reported as group

Quality

85.47

Improvement activities

40

Cost

69.38

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network
• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: swaalkes667842@direct.leememorial.org

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

• Lee Health System Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1942058557
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Mercy Health Partners - Physician Specialist

  dba Trinity Health Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Muskegon, MI
  • NPI 1922248772

  Family

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Lee Health System Inc

  dba Lee Health Specialty Pharmacy

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Bonita Springs, FL
  • NPI 1699510925
  NPD

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

• Lee Health System Inc

  dba Gulf Coast Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1366281750
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lee Health System Inc

  dba Cape Coral Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cape Coral, FL
  • NPI 1780429076
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1578030334",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 2147",
            "city": "FORT MYERS",
            "state": "FL",
            "postal_code": "339022147",
            "telephone_number": "239-343-3640",
            "fax_number": "239-343-3452"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "13681 DOCTORS WAY STE 18026",
            "city": "FORT MYERS",
            "state": "FL",
            "postal_code": "339124300",
            "telephone_number": "239-343-3640",
            "fax_number": "239-343-3452"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "1500 E Sherman Blvd",
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            "city": "Muskegon",
            "state": "MI",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "231-672-3027",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
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        "first_name": "SHELBY",
        "middle_name": "IRENE",
        "credential": "AGACNP-BC",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2018-10-30",
        "last_updated": "2025-06-06",
        "certification_date": "2025-06-06",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [
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            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "swaalkes667842@Direct.leememorial.org",
            "affiliation": "Y",
            "affiliationName": "LEE HEALTH SYSTEM INC",
            "use": "DIRECT",
            "useDescription": "Direct",
            "address_1": "2776 Cleveland Ave",
            "city": "Fort Myers",
            "state": "FL",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "339015864",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "first_name": "SHELBY",
            "last_name": "DEWITT",
            "middle_name": "IRENE",
            "credential": "AGACNP-BC",
            "code": "1",
            "type": "Former Name"
        }
    ]
}

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• Family Nurse Practitioner in Fort Myers, FL
• Providers in Fort Myers, FL by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 6, 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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