Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Dubuque, IA
Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Dubuque, Iowa, and NPI 1902964505, issued on Dec 5, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 37442, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heidi Elizabeth Townsend
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 37442 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 Langworthy St, Dubuque, IA 52001
- Phone
- (563) 584-3226
- Enumerated
- Dec 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 29, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (563) 584-3227
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070917000747); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heidi Elizabeth Townsend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 37442Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 663 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methylprednisolone186 claims
- Azithromycin164 claims
- Cephalexin154 claims
- Doxycycline Monohydrate71 claims
- Amoxicillin42 claims
- Cefdinir39 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: $35.62
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Medical Associates Clinic P CDubuque, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heidi Elizabeth Townsend among 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa
Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD is one of 2,336 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2006 among the 1,367 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 61% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
36 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Dubuque
They are 36 of the 1,468 NPPES records with a practice address in Dubuque, and 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD's NPI number?
Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902964505, issued on Dec 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 Langworthy St, Dubuque, IA, 52001. Phone: (563) 584-3226. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 37442, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heidi Elizabeth Townsend, MD had 1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 663 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.