Lawrence Blass
Surgery Physician · Key West, FL
Lawrence Blass is a surgery physician with a practice address in Key West, Florida, and NPI 1356632335, issued on Apr 26, 2011. Check the license (Florida ME127242, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lawrence Blass
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- ME127242 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3414 Duck Ave # 10, Key West, FL 33040
- Phone
- (305) 741-7707
- Enumerated
- Apr 26, 2011
- Record last updated
- Apr 25, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170124000266); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 2011
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lawrence Blass in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME127242Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
200 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Famotidine48 claims
- Omeprazole44 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen28 claims
- Hydrocortisone12 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium12 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: $400.75
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Southernmost Surgery And Veins LLCKey West, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lawrence Blass among 1,887 surgery physician records in Florida
Lawrence Blass is one of 1,887 surgery physician records with a practice address in Florida. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 67% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 1,170 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Florida
There are 1,887 surgery physician records in Florida.
All 1,887 in Florida → Every provider in Key West → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jackson Flanigan, M.D.Key West, FL 330401760564793
- Michael Klitenick, M.D.Key West, FL 330401245332469
- Juan Larrauri, M.D.Key West, FL 330401922100106
- Robert Schreiber, MDIslamorada, FL 330361306836614
- Todd Mangione, D.O.Homestead, FL 330331689735631
- Subhadeep Paul, MDHomestead, FL 330331134756893
- Dan Ruiz, M.D.Homestead, FL 330331134374929
- George Tershakovec, M.D.Homestead, FL 330331043311475
Common questions
What is Lawrence Blass's NPI number?
Lawrence Blass's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356632335, issued on Apr 26, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lawrence Blass located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3414 Duck Ave # 10, Key West, FL, 33040. Phone: (305) 741-7707. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lawrence Blass's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME127242, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lawrence Blass prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lawrence Blass had 200 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.