Lauren Washatka, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Payson, AZ
Lauren Washatka, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Payson, Arizona, and NPI 1821651746, issued on Apr 16, 2019. Check the license (Arizona 70506, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lauren Washatka
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 70506 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 806 S Ponderosa St, Payson, AZ 85541
- Phone
- (928) 468-8603
- Enumerated
- Apr 16, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 31, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230926004428); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arizona College Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 806 S Ponderosa St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael Demack, PA C SMedical Physician Assistant1043347313
- Durward Lynch, CNPNurse Practitioner1699747915
- Lynne Vigil, N.P.Nurse Practitioner1912967704
Verify Lauren Washatka in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 70506Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,560 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 79 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium97 claims
- Losartan Potassium79 claims
- Lisinopril72 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium70 claims
- Gabapentin70 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium60 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: $14.14
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Ponderosa Family Care LLCPayson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lauren Washatka among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Lauren Washatka, MD is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2019, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 79% of these records are older, 19% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Payson
They are 4 of the 226 NPPES records with a practice address in Payson, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Lauren Washatka, MD's NPI number?
Lauren Washatka, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821651746, issued on Apr 16, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lauren Washatka, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 806 S Ponderosa St, Payson, AZ, 85541. Phone: (928) 468-8603. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lauren Washatka, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 70506, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lauren Washatka, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lauren Washatka, MD had 2,560 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.