Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Jacksonville, NC
Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and NPI 1639696032, issued on Aug 25, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 0010-07496, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 0010-07496 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 239 Station St, Jacksonville, NC 28546
- Phone
- (910) 353-0819
- Enumerated
- Aug 25, 2017
- Record last updated
- Mar 23, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171128000726); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Duke University School Of Medicine, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 0010-07496Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
2,036 Medicare Part D claims for 328 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 1,210 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl370 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen247 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen179 claims
- Pregabalin139 claims
- Gabapentin137 claims
- Tramadol Hcl108 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): 81.8 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: $1,087.28
42 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez among 1,352 medical physician assistant records in North Carolina
Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C is one of 1,352 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in North Carolina. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 49% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2013 among the 663 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 57% 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina
There are 1,352 medical physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C's NPI number?
Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639696032, issued on Aug 25, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 239 Station St, Jacksonville, NC, 28546. Phone: (910) 353-0819. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0010-07496, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C had 2,036 Medicare Part D claims for 328 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lauren Canada-Smith Vazquez, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.8 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.