Julia Friend, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Allentown, PA
Julia Friend, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1861910572, issued on Sep 1, 2017. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA059289, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Julia Friend
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- MA059289 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1259 S Cedar Crest Blvd Ste 100, Allentown, PA 18103
- Phone
- (610) 437-4134
- Enumerated
- Sep 1, 2017
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2025
- Fax
- (610) 433-9690
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171120001141); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1259 S Cedar Crest Blvd Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Julia Friend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA059289Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
531 Medicare Part D claims for 212 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ketoconazole95 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide54 claims
- Hydrocortisone48 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate34 claims
- Betamethasone Diprop Augmented33 claims
- Valacyclovir21 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.1 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $612.42
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Advanced Dermatology Associates, Ltd.Allentown, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Julia Friend among 8,020 physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Julia Friend, PA-C is one of 8,020 physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 48% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2018 among the 5,313 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
177 physician assistant records list a practice address in Allentown
They are 177 of the 5,904 NPPES records with a practice address in Allentown, and 8,020 physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Julia Friend, PA-C's NPI number?
Julia Friend, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861910572, issued on Sep 1, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Julia Friend, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1259 S Cedar Crest Blvd Ste 100, Allentown, PA, 18103. Phone: (610) 437-4134. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Julia Friend, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA059289, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Julia Friend, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Julia Friend, PA-C had 531 Medicare Part D claims for 212 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Julia Friend, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.1 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.