Daniel William Schaefer, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Durango, CO
Daniel William Schaefer, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Durango, Colorado, and NPI 1689617052, issued on Jun 14, 2006. Check the license (Colorado DR.0056457, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Daniel William Schaefer
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- DR.0056457 CO
MD2003-0665 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1305 Escalante Drive, Durango, CO 81303
- Phone
- (970) 259-1971
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1305 Escalante Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melissa Briggs, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1689268187
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- Karassa Yeomans Schaefer, PACMedical Physician Assistant1720098841
Verify Daniel William Schaefer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0056457Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
346 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium21 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa19 claims
- Lisinopril19 claims
- Gabapentin13 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13 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: $54.67
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.
Daniel William Schaefer among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Daniel William Schaefer, MD is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 58% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 58% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Durango
They are 44 of the 1,407 NPPES records with a practice address in Durango, and 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Daniel William Schaefer, MD's NPI number?
Daniel William Schaefer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689617052, issued on Jun 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Daniel William Schaefer, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1305 Escalante Drive, Durango, CO, 81303. Phone: (970) 259-1971. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Daniel William Schaefer, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0056457, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Daniel William Schaefer, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Daniel William Schaefer, MD had 346 Medicare Part D claims for 36 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.