Catherine A. Lavender, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Tuscaloosa, AL
Catherine A. Lavender, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and NPI 1922107499, issued on Sep 21, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 24177, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Catherine A. Lavender
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 24177 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
- Phone
- (205) 348-6700
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (205) 348-6112
- Medicaid IDs
- 00982215 AL
173727 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041103001258); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Catherine A. Lavender in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 24177Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,715 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 128 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin57 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate51 claims
- Losartan Potassium51 claims
- Metformin Hcl51 claims
- Ozempic50 claims
- Buspirone Hcl48 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $3,537.80
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Organon Llc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Capstone Health Services Foundation PCCarrollton, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Catherine A. Lavender among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Catherine A. Lavender, M.D. is one of 1,996 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
139 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Tuscaloosa
They are 139 of the 2,313 NPPES records with a practice address in Tuscaloosa, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Catherine A. Lavender, M.D.'s NPI number?
Catherine A. Lavender, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922107499, issued on Sep 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Catherine A. Lavender, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401. Phone: (205) 348-6700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Catherine A. Lavender, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 24177, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Catherine A. Lavender, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Catherine A. Lavender, M.D. had 1,715 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.