NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Laurie Alycia Townsend

Family Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA

Laurie Alycia Townsend is a family medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1053754333, issued on Apr 16, 2013. Check the license (California C174538, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; 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
1053754333
Name
Laurie Alycia Townsend
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License numbers
C174538 CA
59599 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4725 Market St, San Diego, CA 92102
Phone
(619) 515-2560
Enumerated
Apr 16, 2013
Record last updated
Aug 17, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231215000894); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Also registered at 4725 Market St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ali Abdallah, DOFamily Medicine Physician1649699968
  2. Daylin Anderson, LCSWClinical Social Worker1154104545
  3. Steven Arias, PH.DClinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist1831482892
  4. Jennifer Chen, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1255785150
  5. Katie Chinn, DOChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician1952938177
  6. Cynthia Flores, MSSpeech-Language Pathologist1760344881

Verify Laurie Alycia Townsend in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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26% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

4,449 Medicare Part D claims for 563 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 19 claims were for opioids.

  1. Laurie Townsend4,449
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium310 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium222 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate173 claims
  4. Metoprolol Succinate150 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl136 claims
  6. Lisinopril133 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group IncLa Mesa, CA

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

Laurie Alycia Townsend among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Laurie Alycia Townsend is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 68% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

780 family medicine physician records list a practice address in San Diego

They are 780 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ali Abdallah, DOSan Diego, CA 921021649699968
  2. Ralph Ascher, MDSan Diego, CA 921021275543258
  3. Tia Dorn, M.D.San Diego, CA 921021285074740
  4. Manijeh Ghasemi-Varnamkhasti, MDSan Diego, CA 921021740449727
  5. Lisa Hamilton, D.O.San Diego, CA 921021235576059
  6. Bahghi Keflezighi, MDSan Diego, CA 921021124210844
  7. Veronica Palomino, MDSan Diego, CA 921021255569083
  8. Cristhian Ramirez, D.O.San Diego, CA 921021407200942

Common questions

What is Laurie Alycia Townsend's NPI number?

Laurie Alycia Townsend's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053754333, issued on Apr 16, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Laurie Alycia Townsend located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4725 Market St, San Diego, CA, 92102. Phone: (619) 515-2560. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Laurie Alycia Townsend's license?

NPPES lists California license number C174538, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Laurie Alycia Townsend prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Laurie Alycia Townsend had 4,449 Medicare Part D claims for 563 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.