NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Harold Edward Lowder, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Fresno, CA

Harold Edward Lowder, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1720037419, issued on May 9, 2006. Check the license (California G48264, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1720037419
Name
Harold Edward Lowder
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
G48264 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA 93721
Phone
(559) 499-6440
Enumerated
May 9, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
00G482640 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20051215000466); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1981
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 2823 Fresno St

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

  1. Shahrin Abdalian, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1043716186
  2. Mariam Abdelkader, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1689022824
  3. Majdi Abdulmaula, M.DInternal Medicine Physician1295260529
  4. Reema Aboelrish, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1376466144
  5. Reem Aboushaar, MDPediatrics Physician1013543933
  6. Inas Abukraa, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1376115881

Verify Harold Edward Lowder in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

40 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Harold Lowder40
  2. Specialty average226

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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85 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 score81.3
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%45.0
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Central California Faculty Medical Group IncFresno, CA

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

Harold Edward Lowder among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Harold Edward Lowder, MD is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1981 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 59% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

228 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Fresno

They are 228 of the 19,440 NPPES records with a practice address in Fresno, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Janak Acharya, MDFresno, CA 937211376508721
  2. James Andrews, MDFresno, CA 937211629086269
  3. Herbert Bivins, MDFresno, CA 937211972619518
  4. Brian Chinnock, M.D.Fresno, CA 937211861481947
  5. Carolyn Chooljian, MDFresno, CA 937211982656807
  6. James Comes, MDFresno, CA 937211669424412
  7. Michael Darracq, M.D.Fresno, CA 937211275553414
  8. Ryan Ernst, MD, PA-CFresno, CA 937211396787289

Common questions

What is Harold Edward Lowder, MD's NPI number?

Harold Edward Lowder, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720037419, issued on May 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Harold Edward Lowder, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA, 93721. Phone: (559) 499-6440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Harold Edward Lowder, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number G48264, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Harold Edward Lowder, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Harold Edward Lowder, MD had 40 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Harold Edward Lowder, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 85 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.