Philippa Eileen Suzette Belton, MD
Critical Care (Intensivists) · Silver Spring
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · First Colonies Anesthesia Associates, LLC · 339 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: University of MD Capital Region Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- University of MD Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro, MDAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of Maryland Medical System, which runs 13 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 57% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 1 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.6 (1.27 to 1.93), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 19.44 (12.55 to 26.34) · 243 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 1.58 (0.88 to 2.27) · 3,762 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.294, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for University of MD Capital Region Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 3 the same, 1 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.6 (1.27 to 1.93) | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 19.44 (12.55 to 26.34) · 243 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 1.58 (0.88 to 2.27) · 3,762 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.294 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.16 (0.15 to 2.18) · 655 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 178.74 (129.13 to 228.34) · 67 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.7 · 79 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8 · 104 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.9 · 85 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.9 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 17.1 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 211 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 1,581 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.38) · 4,190 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.03 to 0.43) · 4,137 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.8 (2.63 to 6.96) · 836 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.8 (0.22 to 3.38) · 218 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.91 (0.34 to 3.48) · 823 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.92 (1.96 to 9.87) · 224 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.96 (0.49 to 3.44) · 166 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.847 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.514 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.655 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.358 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.2 · 139 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.9 · 272 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -43 · 111 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 43.9 · 188 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 41.7 · 123 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 130 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.8 · 76 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.2 · 161 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.6 (9.9 to 18.3) · 82 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) · 199 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (840 patients answered, 12% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 1 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 1 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 2 |
| Room was "always" clean | 64% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 68% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Staff "always" explained | 49% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 80% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 79% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 79% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 59% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 64% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 64% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 65% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 75% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 59% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 57% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 33% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 80% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$19,569
Medicare paid this office $19,569 for 143 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 14 | $2,884 | $206 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope | 22 | $1,516 | $69 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 13 | $477 | $37 |
Who their Medicare patients are
143 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 19% · 85 and older 13% · Women 51% · Also on Medicaid 30% · Health risk score 2.87. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical critical care (intensivists) clinician is at 2.58.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 51% · Chronic kidney disease 46% · Coronary heart disease 38% · Heart failure 34% · Atrial fibrillation 34% · Depression 33% · COPD 24% · Cancer 23% · Stroke 22% · Dementia 16%.
The office billed $178,600, Medicare allowed $24,585 and paid $19,569; for 161 services of 49 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 143 | 161 | 71 | 2.87 | $178,600 | $19,569 |
| 2023 | 194 | 235 | 70 | 2.69 | $202,012 | $30,077 |
| 2022 | 169 | 228 | 72 | 1.83 | $215,950 | $33,880 |
| 2021 | 130 | 156 | 70 | 2.65 | $153,905 | $24,004 |
| 2019 | 116 | 128 | 73 | 1.83 | $261,502 | $15,384 |
| 2018 | 214 | 238 | 72 | 1.42 | $500,310 | $33,254 |
| 2017 | 210 | 234 | 73 | 1.47 | $445,089 | $27,855 |
| 2016 | 164 | 174 | 73 | 1.39 | $343,200 | $21,489 |
| 2015 | 144 | 158 | 71 | 1.39 | $257,455 | $20,181 |
| 2014 | 184 | 207 | 73 | 1.80 | $408,830 | $30,491 |
| 2013 | 190 | 221 | 73 | 1.58 | $386,808 | $31,028 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 3 services
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 12 | $2,524 | $210 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope | 17 | $1,425 | $84 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 26 | $1,014 | $39 |
2022: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen | 11 | $3,246 | $295 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on neck area (1 year or older) | 13 | $2,422 | $186 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 34 | $1,316 | $39 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope | 14 | $969 | $69 |
2021: 2 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on skin of arms, legs, and front body | 11 | $1,251 | $104 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 16 | $640 | $40 |
2019: 1 service
| Anesthesia for other closed procedure on chest | 12 | $2,132 | $178 |
2018: 5 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on lower abdomen | 17 | $3,188 | $188 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen | 12 | $2,571 | $214 |
| Anesthesia for other closed procedure on chest | 11 | $2,001 | $167 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on skin of arms, legs, and front body | 17 | $1,602 | $89 |
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 15 | $1,553 | $104 |
2017: 5 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope | 37 | $4,377 | $118 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on lower abdomen outside abdominal cavity | 12 | $2,034 | $169 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope | 17 | $1,877 | $110 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on urinary system through urethra | 16 | $1,056 | $66 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on skin of arms, legs, and front body | 12 | $1,011 | $84 |
2016: 2 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on lower abdomen | 18 | $2,859 | $159 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 11 | $495 | $45 |
2015: 4 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope | 19 | $2,549 | $134 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope | 15 | $2,174 | $145 |
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 11 | $1,228 | $112 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 11 | $496 | $45 |
2014: 4 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope | 23 | $3,015 | $131 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen | 12 | $2,351 | $196 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on lower abdomen | 11 | $1,998 | $182 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 18 | $769 | $43 |
2013: 4 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope | 26 | $3,236 | $124 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope | 14 | $1,810 | $129 |
| Anesthesia for electroshock therapy | 11 | $997 | $71 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 17 | $730 | $43 |
Medicaid work
$2,569 in 2018
Medicaid paid $2,569 for 14 billed services this clinician did in 2018, up to 13 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor) | 14 | $2,569 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1 | 13 | $2,569 |
Money from drug and device companies
$84 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | None | $84 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $14 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals | Exparel | $65 | 2 payments
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| Endo USA | Aveed | $19 | 1 payment
|
See all 3 published payments
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-12-13 | Exparel | $39 |
| Endo USA | Meals · 2025-12-01 | Aveed | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-05-06 | Exparel | $26 |
See earlier years (2024)
2024: $14
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare | Fisher & Paykel Healthcare | $14 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 80.2 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1326198151
- Licence
- MA 227709
- Trained
- Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2005
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 9841 Broken Land Pkwy Ste 310, Columbia, MD, 21046
- NPI first listed
- 2007-01-12
- NPI last updated
- 2026-08-14
- NPI record certified
- 2026-08-14
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.