Paula Jane Blocker, LICSW

Primary specialty

Social WorkerTaxonomy code 104100000X

License

099668 Issued in IA

Practice address

3201 1St St
Emmetsburg, IA 50536-2516

Phone

(712) 852-5500

Fax

(712) 852-5544

NPI assigned

Dec 24, 2019

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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.

• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1184634602

  IA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Graettinger, IA
  • NPI 1811063795
  Care Compare group NPD
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1598869232
  Care Compare group
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1639243116
  Care Compare group
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Medicare Defined Swing Bed Hospital Unit
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1720099831
  Care Compare group
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1790793651
  Care Compare group
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • West Bend, IA
  • NPI 1962572776
  Care Compare group
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Home Health Agency
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1992708531
  Care Compare group
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Graettinger, IA
  • NPI 1336151356
  NPD

Specialty

Clinical Social Worker

Education

Other, 2017

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Palo Alto County Hospital 23 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.78 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

80.38

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Eligible to order & refer

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

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Practice roles

Locations

• Paula Jane Skala Former name

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format, last updated by the provider on Sep 5, 2023.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1693872000000",
    "number": "1982243838",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3201 1ST ST",
            "city": "EMMETSBURG",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "505362516",
            "telephone_number": "712-852-5500"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
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            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "505362516",
            "telephone_number": "712-852-5500",
            "fax_number": "712-852-5544"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "BLOCKER",
        "first_name": "PAULA",
        "middle_name": "JANE",
        "credential": "LICSW",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2019-12-24",
        "last_updated": "2023-09-05",
        "certification_date": "2023-09-05",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "101YM0800X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Counselor, Mental Health",
            "state": "MN",
            "license": "25437",
            "primary": false
        },
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            "code": "104100000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Social Worker",
            "state": "IA",
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            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "first_name": "PAULA",
            "last_name": "SKALA",
            "middle_name": "JANE",
            "credential": "LGSW, LSW",
            "code": "1",
            "type": "Former Name"
        }
    ]
}

• Jared Ball, LMSW/ICAADC
• Patricia Banwart, DO
• William Beardsley, R.PH
• Amanda Kristine Beurskens, ARNP-BC
• James Lester Bird, D.C.
• Sara Boysen, ARNP
• Tyler Justin Brakke, PHARMD
• Jennifer Veronica Coppage, R.PH.
• Shelby Cronk, MS
• Tami June Culver, PTA

• All providers in Emmetsburg, IA
• Social Worker in Iowa

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• 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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