Douglas Sean Linford, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Coeur D Alene, ID
Douglas Sean Linford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Coeur D Alene, Idaho, and NPI 1821180134, issued on Sep 28, 2006. Check the license (Idaho M-9877, as entered in NPPES) on the Idaho Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Sean Linford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- M-9877 ID
51391207205 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 566 W Prairie Ave, Coeur D Alene, ID 83815
- Phone
- (208) 772-8263
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2025
- Fax
- (208) 772-0603
- Medicaid ID
- 807815900 ID
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071031000451); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Utah School Of Medicine, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 566 W Prairie Ave
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Verify Douglas Sean Linford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIdaho Board of Medicine
Search for license M-9877Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,321 Medicare Part D claims for 757 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 613 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium651 claims
- Lisinopril577 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium379 claims
- Metformin Hcl370 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate368 claims
- Omeprazole362 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): 94.9 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: $809.93
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Insulet Corporation. 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
- Kootenai Health IncOrofino, ID
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas Sean Linford among 1,316 family medicine physician records in Idaho
Douglas Sean Linford, MD is one of 1,316 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Idaho. 78% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2009 among the 793 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 49% 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 Idaho practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
73 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Coeur D Alene
They are 73 of the 2,341 NPPES records with a practice address in Coeur D Alene, and 1,316 family medicine physician records in Idaho.
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- Kelly Nelson, DOCoeur D Alene, ID 838151720293749
- Douglas Nicholson, DOCoeur D Alene, ID 838151538233796
- Stephen Smiley, MDCoeur D Alene, ID 838151033603311
- Tanner Souza, DOCoeur D Alene, ID 838151447837166
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Common questions
What is Douglas Sean Linford, MD's NPI number?
Douglas Sean Linford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821180134, issued on Sep 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Sean Linford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 566 W Prairie Ave, Coeur D Alene, ID, 83815. Phone: (208) 772-8263. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Sean Linford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Idaho license number M-9877, as entered by the provider. Search the Idaho Board of Medicine at https://dopl.idaho.gov/bom/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Douglas Sean Linford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas Sean Linford, MD had 14,321 Medicare Part D claims for 757 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Douglas Sean Linford, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.9 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.