Jeffrey M. Lafond
Surgery Physician · Charleston, SC
Jeffrey M. Lafond is a surgery physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1245243500, issued on Aug 15, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 15693, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jeffrey M. Lafond
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 15693 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9239 Medical Plaza Dr, Charleston, SC 29406
- Phone
- (843) 797-5151
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2022
- Fax
- (843) 572-6939
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110810000034); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1990
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 9239 Medical Plaza Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Andrea BessingerPhysician Assistant1629354857
Verify Jeffrey M. Lafond in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 15693Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
221 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 117 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Hcl72 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl55 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen52 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): 100 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: $508.70
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Tri-County Surgical Specialists LLCSummerville, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jeffrey M. Lafond among 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina
Jeffrey M. Lafond is one of 647 surgery physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 74% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2004 among the 335 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 208600000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
167 surgery physician records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 167 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kellie Amodeo, M.D.Charleston, SC 294061538515804
- Thomas Litton, M.D.Charleston, SC 294061588696405
- Allison McCrae, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294061023270287
- Tochukwu Onyekwelu, MDCharleston, SC 294061376960849
- Amy Ricker, NPCharleston, SC 294061538668884
- Michael Sabback, MDCharleston, SC 294061124055298
- John Smear, M.D.North Charleston, SC 294061467522599
- Emel Yalcin, MDCharleston, SC 294061457024176
Common questions
What is Jeffrey M. Lafond's NPI number?
Jeffrey M. Lafond's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245243500, issued on Aug 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jeffrey M. Lafond located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9239 Medical Plaza Dr, Charleston, SC, 29406. Phone: (843) 797-5151. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jeffrey M. Lafond's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 15693, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jeffrey M. Lafond prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jeffrey M. Lafond had 221 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jeffrey M. Lafond's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.