Lauren McDonald, M.D.
Nephrology Physician · Dallas, TX
Lauren McDonald, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1366413288, issued on Jan 30, 2006. Check the license (Texas G9372, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lauren McDonald
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- G9372 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 411 N Washington Ave Ste 6000, Dallas, TX 75246
- Phone
- (214) 366-6285
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (214) 579-6988
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100826000494); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 411 N Washington Ave Ste 6000
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Lauren McDonald in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G9372Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
634 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sevelamer Carbonate66 claims
- Velphoro46 claims
- Potassium Chloride40 claims
- Nifedipine Er35 claims
- Furosemide34 claims
- Carvedilol31 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: $646.29
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Shield Therapeutics Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Dallas Nephrology AssociatesDallas, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Lauren McDonald, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lauren McDonald, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366413288, issued on Jan 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lauren McDonald, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 411 N Washington Ave Ste 6000, Dallas, TX, 75246. Phone: (214) 366-6285. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lauren McDonald, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G9372, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lauren McDonald, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lauren McDonald, M.D. had 634 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. 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.