Laurence Marion Deshields, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Alexandria, VA
Laurence Marion Deshields, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Alexandria, Virginia, and NPI 1861411084, issued on Jul 19, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101244369, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laurence Marion Deshields
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 0101244369 VA
37837 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 820 S Columbus St, Alexandria, VA 22314
- Phone
- (202) 230-2811
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 2, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141209001968); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 820 S Columbus St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Tawana Herring, LICSWClinical Social Worker1790998433
Verify Laurence Marion Deshields in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101244369Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
222 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate17 claims
- Levofloxacin15 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): 80.9 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: $85.76
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 5 group practices
- Apogee Medical Group Indiana PCVincennes, IN
- Apogee Medical Group Ohio IncChillicothe, OH
- Apogee Medical Group Tennessee PCPulaski, TN
- Apogee Medical Group Virginia PCDanville, VA
- Sycamore Hill Hospitalist Medical Group IncLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laurence Marion Deshields among 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia
Laurence Marion Deshields, MD is one of 4,137 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 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 2006, is newer than 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 2,426 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
91 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Alexandria
They are 91 of the 5,424 NPPES records with a practice address in Alexandria, and 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Laurence Marion Deshields, MD's NPI number?
Laurence Marion Deshields, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861411084, issued on Jul 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laurence Marion Deshields, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 820 S Columbus St, Alexandria, VA, 22314. Phone: (202) 230-2811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laurence Marion Deshields, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101244369, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Laurence Marion Deshields, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laurence Marion Deshields, MD had 222 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laurence Marion Deshields, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.9 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.