NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C

Physician Assistant · Buffalo, NY

Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1437870011, issued on Sep 12, 2022. Check the license (New York 028905, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1437870011
Name
Lauren Emily Merkle
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
028905 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1001 Main St FL 4, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone
(716) 550-8361
Enumerated
Sep 12, 2022
Record last updated
Sep 12, 2022
Fax
(716) 323-0585
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20221117001243); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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17% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

969 Medicare Part D claims for 178 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. 12 claims were for opioids.

  1. Lauren Merkle969
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate62 claims
  2. Hydrochlorothiazide46 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium46 claims
  4. Atorvastatin Calcium39 claims
  5. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa33 claims
  6. Metformin Hcl33 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: $27.44

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. 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.

  1. Lauren Merkle$27.44
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. UB Family Medicine IncBuffalo, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Lauren Emily Merkle among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York

Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 71% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 71% of these records are older, 23% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 48% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

488 physician assistant records list a practice address in Buffalo

They are 488 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.

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  4. Jeremy Essman, RPA-CBuffalo, NY 142031356382543
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Common questions

What is Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C's NPI number?

Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437870011, issued on Sep 12, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 Main St FL 4, Buffalo, NY, 14203. Phone: (716) 550-8361. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 028905, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lauren Emily Merkle, PA-C had 969 Medicare Part D claims for 178 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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