K. Leslie Avery, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician · Gainesville, FL
K. Leslie Avery, M.D. is a pediatric critical care medicine physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Florida, and NPI 1508859547, issued on Aug 24, 2005. Check the license (Florida ME115725, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- K. Leslie Avery
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician 2080P0203X
- License numbers
- ME115725 FL
A67929 CA
DR.0071896 CO
11316 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Dept OF Pediatric Critical Care Shands, Gainesville, FL 32610
- Phone
- (352) 265-0462
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2023
- Fax
- (352) 265-0443
- Medicaid ID
- 008799300 FL
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify K. Leslie Avery in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME115725Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.2 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: $19.36
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 414 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,291.66 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.
K. Leslie Avery among 265 pediatric critical care medicine physician records in Florida
K. Leslie Avery, M.D. is one of 265 pediatric critical care medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 36% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 36% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 28% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2080P0203X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician providers in Florida
There are 265 pediatric critical care medicine physician records in Florida.
All 265 in Florida → Every provider in Gainesville → Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 pediatric critical care medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Torrey Baines, MDGainesville, FL 326101871558106
- Tavenner Dibert, M.D.Gainesville, FL 326101649627381
- Kourtney Guthrie, M.D.Gainesville, FL 326101396122891
- Heidi-Marie Kellock, MDGainesville, FL 326101073645594
- Natalia Martinez Schlurmann, M.D.Gainesville, FL 326101801116140
- Lara NicolasGainesville, FL 326101821309618
- Jason Parker, D.O.Gainesville, FL 326101598883522
- Joseph Philip, MDGainesville, FL 326101215201751
Common questions
What is K. Leslie Avery, M.D.'s NPI number?
K. Leslie Avery, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508859547, issued on Aug 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is K. Leslie Avery, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Dept OF Pediatric Critical Care Shands, Gainesville, FL, 32610. Phone: (352) 265-0462. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify K. Leslie Avery, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME115725, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is K. Leslie Avery, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.2 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.