NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Edward H. Taliaferro, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Albuquerque, NM

Edward H. Taliaferro, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1740252519, issued on Feb 6, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico MD2004-0796, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740252519
Name
Edward H. Taliaferro
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
MD2004-0796 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Pmg Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone
(505) 841-1125
Enumerated
Feb 6, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 2, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(505) 841-1737
Medicaid ID
36470538 NM
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050610000424); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons, 2002
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at Pmg Emergency Medicine

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jaime Aagaard, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1083750863
  2. Lesley Barbour, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1265474332
  3. Lauren Buchanan, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1457489056
  4. Cathy Drake, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1508818543
  5. Andrew Kalishman, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1609898196
  6. Natasha Kolb, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1972612208

Verify Edward H. Taliaferro in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 73.4 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score57.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%57.7
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%96.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $16.71

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi Pasteur Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Edward Taliaferro$16.71
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

  1. Duke City Urgent CareAlbuquerque, NM

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Edward H. Taliaferro among 517 emergency medicine physician records in New Mexico

Edward H. Taliaferro, MD is one of 517 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 75% 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, 57% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 51% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2013 among the 263 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 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 207P00000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

302 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Albuquerque

They are 302 of the 24,162 NPPES records with a practice address in Albuquerque, and 517 emergency medicine physician records in New Mexico.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Irene Agostini, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061467418475
  2. Lesley Barbour, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061265474332
  3. Darren Braude, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061891766226
  4. Patrick Craddock, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061477518710
  5. Daniel Dobbins, DOAlbuquerque, NM 871061093737678
  6. Cathy Drake, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061508818543
  7. Stephanie Gardner, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061063447274
  8. Andrew Kalishman, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061609898196

Common questions

What is Edward H. Taliaferro, MD's NPI number?

Edward H. Taliaferro, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740252519, issued on Feb 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Edward H. Taliaferro, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Pmg Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87106. Phone: (505) 841-1125. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Edward H. Taliaferro, MD's license?

NPPES lists New Mexico license number MD2004-0796, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Edward H. Taliaferro, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.4 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.