Laura Abels, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Ankeny, IA
Laura Abels, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Ankeny, Iowa, and NPI 1427313527, issued on Jul 5, 2012. Check the license (Iowa DO-04495, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Abels
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- DO-04495 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 E 1St St Ste 1700, Ankeny, IA 50021
- Phone
- (515) 643-8100
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2012
- Record last updated
- May 3, 2023
- Fax
- (515) 643-8139
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140303000277); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 800 E 1St St Ste 1700
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Laura Abels in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license DO-04495Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,137 Medicare Part D claims for 358 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 196 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium334 claims
- Omeprazole266 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium250 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate242 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium170 claims
- Lisinopril160 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: $312.22
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Mercy Clinics IncAnkeny, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Abels among 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa
Laura Abels, DO 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 2012, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 67% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2006 among the 1,367 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
48 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Ankeny
They are 48 of the 1,198 NPPES records with a practice address in Ankeny, and 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Laura Abels, DO's NPI number?
Laura Abels, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427313527, issued on Jul 5, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Abels, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 E 1St St Ste 1700, Ankeny, IA, 50021. Phone: (515) 643-8100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Abels, DO's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number DO-04495, 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 Laura Abels, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Abels, DO had 6,137 Medicare Part D claims for 358 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.