Lana Joan Smith, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Gaithersburg, MD
Lana Joan Smith, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and NPI 1013049618, issued on Mar 9, 2007. Check the license (Maryland C0001876, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lana Joan Smith
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- C0001876 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 981 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20879
- Phone
- (301) 216-2065
- Enumerated
- Mar 9, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (301) 216-2065
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040621000228); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 981 Russell Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Lana Joan Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
Search for license C0001876Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
311 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro31 claims
- Methylprednisolone30 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate26 claims
- Meloxicam20 claims
- Cefdinir18 claims
- Cephalexin18 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): 76.3 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: $18.49
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Medstar Urgent Care LLCWheaton, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lana Joan Smith among 871 medical physician assistant records in Maryland
Lana Joan Smith, PA-C is one of 871 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Maryland. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 22% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 22% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2012 among the 469 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in Maryland
There are 871 medical physician assistant records in Maryland.
All 871 in Maryland → Every provider in Gaithersburg → Medical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Frederick Bader, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208791174519029
- Ivan Carbonell-Sanchez, MPH, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208791548465917
- Charlene Morgan, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208791548381965
- Alexander Alegria Jimenez, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208781306718507
- Mary Farrar, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208781417999640
- Samantha Newbegin-Fraction, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208781881886257
- Melissa Sinclair, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208781962842179
- Jamie Stackman, PA-CGaithersburg, MD 208781134449614
Common questions
What is Lana Joan Smith, PA-C's NPI number?
Lana Joan Smith, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013049618, issued on Mar 9, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lana Joan Smith, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 981 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879. Phone: (301) 216-2065. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lana Joan Smith, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number C0001876, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Lana Joan Smith, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lana Joan Smith, PA-C had 311 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lana Joan Smith, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.3 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.