CATHERINE TARPY
NPI 1275644783
Nurse Practitioner - Gerontology in Freeport, ME
Quality Rating: 39.92 out of 100 score
NPI Status: Active since August 31, 2006
Contact Information
50 MARQUIS RD
FREEPORT, ME
ZIP 04032
Phone: (207) 865-6131
Fax: (207) 865-9399
- Individual
- Female
- Nurse Practitioner
- Gerontology
- Medicare Quality Reporting
About CATHERINE TARPY
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Catherine Tarpy, a provider established in Freeport, Maine with a medical specialization in Nurse Practitioner, focusing in gerontology . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1275644783 assigned on August 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 363LG0600X with license number CNP81035 (ME). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 13 years ago.
- NPI
- 1275644783
- Provider Name
- CATHERINE TARPY
- Gender
- Female
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Location Address
- 50 MARQUIS RD FREEPORT, ME 04032
- Location Phone
- (207) 865-6131
- Location Fax
- (207) 865-9399
- Mailing Address
- 50 MARQUIS RD FREEPORT, ME 04032
- Mailing Phone
- (207) 865-6131
- Mailing Fax
- (207) 865-9399
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 08-31-2006
- Last Update Date
- 10-25-2013
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A nurse practitioner (NP) like Catherine Tarpy is an experienced registered nurse with a master’s or doctoral degree and advanced clinical training. Nurse practitioners can work in many different specialties including primary care, pediatrics, cardiology, emergency, women’s health, oncology or geriatrics. Nurse practitioners provide services like physical exams, order laboratory tests, manage diseases, write prescriptions, etc.
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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy
The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.
- Classification
Nurse Practitioner Gerontology
- Taxonomy Code
- 363LG0600X
- Type
- Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers
- License No.
- CNP81035
- License State
- ME
Secondary Taxonomies
The provider has reported to the NPI enumerator additional taxonomy codes. Multiple taxonomy codes may represent subspecialties or other areas of specialization the provider maybe licensed to practice.
| No. | Taxonomy Code | Type | Classification / Specialization |
License No. (State) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 363LA2200X | Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers | Nurse Practitioner | AP081035 (ME) |
Insurance Plans Accepted
According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:
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Additional Identifiers
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| Identifier | Type / Code | Identifier State | Identifier Issuer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 275680099 | MEDICAID (05) | ME | |
| 500019044 | MEDICARE PIN (08) | ME | |
| S26007 | MEDICARE UPIN (02) | ||
| NP0640 | MEDICARE PIN (08) | ME |
Areas of Expertise
The following services and procedures, recently provided to Medicare patients, illustrate the range of care this provider offers. This list reflects the variety of services available to all patients visiting the practice and is based on 2022 Medicare dataset. In general, the more frequently a provider treats specific conditions or performs particular procedures, the more experienced they become in addressing similar patient needs. The provider has delivered many of the services listed below to Medicare patients. Please note that this list does not include services provided to patients who are not covered by Medicare.
Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 15 minutes
Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 25 minutes
A follow-up nursing facility visit per day is a daily check-up service provided by healthcare professionals. It lasts around 15 minutes and involves assessing your health status, monitoring your recovery progress, and addressing any concerns you may have about your health or treatment.
This service was performed 14 times for 14 patientsA follow-up nursing facility visit per day is a daily check-in by a healthcare professional. This 25-minute visit typically involves monitoring your health progress, addressing any concerns, and adjusting treatment plans as necessary. It's a vital part of ensuring your ongoing wellbeing.
This service was performed 13 times for 12 patientsOverall MIPS Quality Performance
The provider participated in CMS Quality Payment Program under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and has an overall final score of 39.92, based on four performance areas: quality, improvement activities, promoting interoperability, and cost. The purpose of this information is to help people with Medicare make informed decisions and incentivize doctors and clinicians to maximize performance.
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a way providers could use to participate in CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP). The MIPS program affects clinician reimbursement for Part B covered professional services and also rewards them for improving the quality of patient care and outcomes.
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Final Score: 39.92 out of 100
The MIPS program evaluates providers across multiple categories with a specific weight for each category resulting a in a MIPS final score that ranges from 0 to 100 points. The MIPS Final Score determines whether providers receive a negative, neutral or positive MIPS payment adjustment.
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Quality Score: 20.97
The Quality category assesses providers performance on clinical practices and patient outcomes under the traditional MIPS program. The quality measures help identify the quality of healthcare processes, outcomes, and patient experiences. The Quality measure category compromises 40% providers final MPIS scores.
There are six collection types for MIPS quality measures: Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs), MIPS Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs), Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) Measures, Medicare Part B claims measures, CMS Web Interface measures and The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS Survey.
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Promoting Interoperability Score: N/A
The Interoperability category measures the providers ability to use technology to exchange and make use of healthcare information in a way that is less burdensome and improves outcomes. The Interoperability measure category compromises 25% providers final MPIS scores.
The MIPS Interoperability measure focuses on the use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to improve patient access health information, the exchange of information between clinicians and pharmacies and the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of healthcare data. -
Improvement Activities Score: 20
The Improvement Activities performance category evaluates the providers participation in clinical activities that support the improvement of clinical practice, care delivery, and outcomes. Providers have the option to choose 2 to 4 activities from an inventory of over 100 improvement activities. Providers typically choose the activities that best fit their needs. The improvement activities measure category compromises 15% providers final MPIS scores.
The Improvement measures aim to better patient engagement, patient safety and other areas of patient care. The Improvement Activities category compromises 15% of providers final MPIS scores. -
Cost Score: 57.63
The Cost performance category asses the amount and types of services provided and how clinicians coordinate care and seek improvement of health outcomes by ensuring patients receive the appropriate services.
Although providers don't determine the price of healthcare services they are important in delivering high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The Cost measures category compromises 20% of providers final MPIS scores. -
Cost Score: 57.63
The Cost performance category asses the amount and types of services provided and how clinicians coordinate care and seek improvement of health outcomes by ensuring patients receive the appropriate services.
Although providers don't determine the price of healthcare services they are important in delivering high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The Cost measures category compromises 20% of providers final MPIS scores.
Quality Reporting
The provider participated in CMS Quality Payment Program. The Quality Payment Program aims to improve population health, reduce costs and improve the care received by Medicare beneficiaries. The following quality measures meet Medicare's statistical reporting standards. Not all providers report the same information, because not all providers give the same services to patients. The quality information is just a snapshot of some the care providers give to their patients. Reporting more or less information is not a reflection of quality.
| Quality Measure | Performance | Number of Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Care Plan | 50% | 454 |
| Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan | ||
| Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients | Yes | N/A |
| Proactively manage chronic and preventive care for empaneled patients that could include one or more of the following: • Provide patients annually with an opportunity for development and/or adjustment of an individualized plan of care as appropriate to age and health status, including health risk appraisal; gender, age and condition-specific preventive care services; and plan of care for chronic conditions; • Use condition-specific pathways for care of chronic conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, depression, asthma and heart failure) with evidence-based protocols to guide treatment to target; such as a CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program; • Use pre-visit planning to optimize preventive care and team management of patients with chronic conditions; • Use panel support tools (registry functionality) to identify services due; • Use predictive analytical models to predict risk, onset and progression of chronic diseases; or • Use reminders and outreach (e.g., phone calls, emails, postcards, patient portals and community health workers where available) to alert and educate patients about services due; and/or routine medication reconciliation. | ||
| Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): Antiplatelet Therapy | 48% | 61 |
| Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) seen within a 12 month period who were prescribed aspirin or clopidogrel | ||
| Dementia: Cognitive Assessment | 47% | 116 |
| Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of dementia for whom an assessment of cognition is performed and the results reviewed at least once within a 12-month period | ||
| Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record | 98% | 362 |
| Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. This list must include ALL known prescriptions, over-the-counters, herbals, and vitamin/mineral/dietary (nutritional) supplements AND must contain the medications' name, dosage, frequency and route of administration | ||
| Falls: Plan of Care | 70% | 57 |
| Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older with a history of falls that had a plan of care for falls documented within 12 months | ||
| Falls: Risk Assessment | 76% | 37 |
| Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older with a history of falls that had a risk assessment for falls completed within 12 months | ||
| Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk | 23% | 441 |
| Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who were screened for future fall risk during the measurement period | ||
| Implementation of medication management practice improvements | Yes | N/A |
| Manage medications to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and safety that could include one or more of the following: Reconcile and coordinate medications and provide medication management across transitions of care settings and eligible clinicians or groups; Integrate a pharmacist into the care team; and/or Conduct periodic, structured medication reviews. | ||
| Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level | Yes | N/A |
| Measure and improve quality at the practice and panel level, such as the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Physician Scorecards, that could include one or more of the following: • Regularly review measures of quality, utilization, patient satisfaction and other measures that may be useful at the practice level and at the level of the care team or MIPS eligible clinician or group (panel); and/or • Use relevant data sources to create benchmarks and goals for performance at the practice level and panel level. | ||
| Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization | 27% | 411 |
| Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received an influenza immunization OR who reported previous receipt of an influenza immunization | ||
| Urinary Incontinence: Assessment of Presence or Absence of Urinary Incontinence in Women Aged 65 Years and Older | 38% | 68 |
| Percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older who were assessed for the presence or absence of urinary incontinence within 12 months | ||
| Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols | Yes | N/A |
| Use decision support and standardized treatment protocols to manage workflow in the team to meet patient needs. | ||
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NPI NPI Number Validation
How NPI Validation Works
The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.
To verify the NPI 1275644783, we treat the final digit (3) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 67. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 67 = 3).
Digit-by-digit view
Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.
Step 1: Double every other digit from the right
Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 67 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1275644783, enumerated as an "individual" on August 31, 2006.
The provider is located at 50 MARQUIS RD FREEPORT, ME 04032 and the phone number is (207) 865-6131.
Nurse Practitioner with taxonomy code 363LG0600X and a focus in Gerontology.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: Medicare and Medicaid. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
