Deborah L. McDowell, FNP
Nurse Practitioner · Bakersfield, CA
Deborah L. McDowell, FNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1841262326, issued on Feb 7, 2006. Check the license (California 12671, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Deborah L. McDowell
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 12671 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3838 San Dimas St, Bakersfield, CA 93301
- Phone
- (661) 616-1030
- Enumerated
- Feb 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 10, 2023
- Fax
- (661) 616-1050
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140421001884); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Deborah L. McDowell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 12671Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
6,199 Medicare Part D claims for 517 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 288 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium304 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium263 claims
- Gabapentin237 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate167 claims
- Irbesartan162 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium148 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $180.50
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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 2 group practices
- Dignity Health Medical FoundationBakersfield, CA
- Parvez Memon MD IncBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Deborah L. McDowell among 8,223 nurse practitioner records in California
Deborah L. McDowell, FNP is one of 8,223 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 65% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 42% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2017 among the 3,425 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
161 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Bakersfield
They are 161 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 8,223 nurse practitioner records in California.
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Common questions
What is Deborah L. McDowell, FNP's NPI number?
Deborah L. McDowell, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841262326, issued on Feb 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Deborah L. McDowell, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3838 San Dimas St, Bakersfield, CA, 93301. Phone: (661) 616-1030. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Deborah L. McDowell, FNP's license?
NPPES lists California license number 12671, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Deborah L. McDowell, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Deborah L. McDowell, FNP had 6,199 Medicare Part D claims for 517 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Deborah L. McDowell, FNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.5 of 100. 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.