Laura Crites, PA-C
Physician Assistant · San Diego, CA
Laura Crites, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1780272591, issued on Jan 7, 2021. Check the license with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Crites
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B103, San Diego, CA 92117
- Phone
- (858) 799-0855
- Enumerated
- Jan 7, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jun 5, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220606000782); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B103
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Laura Crites in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
940 Medicare Part D claims for 146 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
- Atorvastatin Calcium58 claims
- Lisinopril48 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate47 claims
- Losartan Potassium43 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium33 claims
- Trazodone Hcl25 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: $1,427.37
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. 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
- Monica Perlman MD IncCarlsbad, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Crites among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Laura Crites, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 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 2021, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 67% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 40% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
747 physician assistant records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 747 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Laura Crites, PA-C's NPI number?
Laura Crites, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780272591, issued on Jan 7, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Crites, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B103, San Diego, CA, 92117. Phone: (858) 799-0855. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Crites, PA-C's license?
Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura Crites, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Crites, PA-C had 940 Medicare Part D claims for 146 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.