Individual provider Active NPI

Colleen Shields

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Altoona, PA
National Provider Identifier
1750814885
Registry record updated Aug 18, 2026
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X
License
116071 Issued in PA
Practice address
620 Howard Ave
7TH Floor
Altoona, PA 16601-4804
Phone
(814) 889-4458
NPI assigned
Apr 5, 2017
Sex
Female
Sole proprietor
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Aug 18, 2026

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X 116071 PA Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

620 Howard Ave
7TH Floor
Altoona, PA 16601-4804

Mailing address

216 23Rd Ave
7TH Floor
Altoona, PA 16601-3916

Electronic endpoints 1

TypeEndpointUseAffiliation
Direct Messaging Address cmiller535902@upmc.direct-ci.com

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in PA

Enrollment records 1

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
I20170517002102 PA Practitioner - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna) 3072880335 Reassigns benefits to 1 organization

Care Compare profile

Medicare Care Compare
Specialty
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)
Education
Other, 2016
Medicare assignment
Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full
Group practices
University of Pittsburgh PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 8729990239, 4,166 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

620 Howard Ave
FL 7
Altoona, PA 16601-4804
Phone (814) 889-4439

Hospital & facility affiliations

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score
80.94 of 100Reported as group
Quality
61.89
Promoting interoperability
100
Improvement activities
40
Cost
74.58

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Medicare enrollment (NPD)
Enrolled
Credentials
Certified Registered Nurse

State licenses

LicenseStateTypeSpecialty
116071PAMDCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Practice roles

OrganizationSpecialtyStatusNew patients
University of Pittsburgh Physicians CurrentSince Mar 21, 2017 Accepting new patients
University of Pittsburgh Physicians CurrentSince Mar 21, 2017 Accepting new patients
University of Pittsburgh Physicians Current Accepting new patients

Locations

620 Howard Ave
Fl 7
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone (814) 943-5901

620 Howard Ave
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone (814) 889-2011

815 Freeport Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Phone (412) 784-4000

2 Hot Metal St
#One
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone (412) 432-5864

Organizations & group practices 3

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.

Hospital & facility affiliations 4

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

NPI Registry JSON

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1787011200000",
    "number": "1750814885",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "216 23RD AVE",
            "address_2": "7TH FLOOR",
            "city": "ALTOONA",
            "state": "PA",
            "postal_code": "166013916"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "620 HOWARD AVE",
            "address_2": "7TH FLOOR",
            "city": "ALTOONA",
            "state": "PA",
            "postal_code": "166014804",
            "telephone_number": "814-889-4458"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "SHIELDS",
        "first_name": "COLLEEN",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2017-04-05",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-18",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "367500000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered",
            "state": "PA",
            "license": "116071",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
        {
            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "cmiller535902@upmc.direct-ci.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "address_1": "600 Grant St",
            "address_2": "Floor 58",
            "city": "Pittsburgh",
            "state": "PA",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "152192702",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "other_names": []
}

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Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 18, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
  • Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
  • 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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