Benjamin Clifford
Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NM
Benjamin Clifford is a physician assistant with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1205436920, issued on Oct 30, 2020. Check the license (New Mexico PA2020-0107, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Clifford
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA2020-0107 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 715 Dr Martin Luther King JR Ave NE Ste 301, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Phone
- (505) 727-7090
- Enumerated
- Oct 30, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 19, 2024
- Fax
- (505) 727-9590
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210408001296); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Clifford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA2020-0107Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
90 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel11 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $223.85
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southwest Medical Associates, LLCAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin Clifford among 847 physician assistant records in New Mexico
Benjamin Clifford is one of 847 physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 69% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 69% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 521 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
494 physician assistant records list a practice address in Albuquerque
They are 494 of the 24,162 NPPES records with a practice address in Albuquerque, and 847 physician assistant records in New Mexico.
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- Sandra Gilbert-Lord, MS, PA-CAlbuquerque, NM 871021578674354
- Vicki Hand, P.A.Albuquerque, NM 871021417076811
- Kathy L Johnson, LPACAlbuquerque, NM 871021194732131
- Lisa Montoya, PA-CAlbuquerque, NM 871021598944274
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Clifford's NPI number?
Benjamin Clifford's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205436920, issued on Oct 30, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Clifford located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 715 Dr Martin Luther King JR Ave NE Ste 301, Albuquerque, NM, 87102. Phone: (505) 727-7090. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Clifford's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA2020-0107, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Benjamin Clifford prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Clifford had 90 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin Clifford's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.