Dr. Forest Raymond Sheppard, MD

Dr. Sheppard practices at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, part of MaineHealth.

Dr. Sheppard's NPI, 1053468140, was assigned on January 4, 2007. Dr. Sheppard holds Maine license MD21994.

Dr. Sheppard's primary practice is MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, at 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME 04102 in Cumberland County. The practice phone is (207) 662-0111.

Dr. Sheppard's primary practice is MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, part of MaineHealth. Dr. Sheppard is also affiliated with University of Toledo Medical Center. The medical group on file is MaineHealth Primary Care - Family Medicine - Portland. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sheppard to 2 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sheppard practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Sheppard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Sheppard is board certified in surgical critical care by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Sheppard's licenses on file in 2 states: Maine and Missouri.

CMS data shows 239 Medicare services from Dr. Sheppard across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 118 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $29,611 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 118 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sheppard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 41 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sheppard's median patient age at 70, with 42% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 98 out of 100 for Dr. Sheppard for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Sheppard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 36 papers to Dr. Sheppard, published from 2011 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Disease Models, Animal, Shock, Hemorrhagic and Macaca mulatta. Dr. Sheppard has published most often in J Trauma Acute Care Surg. Dr. Sheppard's most frequent co-authors are Daniel C. Cullinane, MD, Joseph Frederick Rappold, MD and Damien W. Carter, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 29 general payments to Dr. Sheppard from 4 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $16,249.