NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Leif E. Lunsford, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Beverly Hills, CA

Leif E. Lunsford, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Beverly Hills, California, and NPI 1740236967, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (California A87825, 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
1740236967
Name
Leif E. Lunsford
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A87825 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
239 S LA Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone
(310) 360-0960
Enumerated
May 26, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 9, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(310) 360-0972
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20061013000388); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, Davis School Of Medicine, 2002
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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Verify Leif E. Lunsford 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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50% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

340 Medicare Part D claims for 243 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Leif Lunsford340
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone55 claims
  2. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass38 claims
  3. Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro33 claims
  4. Azithromycin32 claims
  5. Cephalexin22 claims
  6. Paxlovid18 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. Exer Medical CorporationLos Angeles, CA

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

Leif E. Lunsford among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Leif E. Lunsford, M.D. is one of 7,751 emergency 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Christopher Asandra, M.D.Beverly Hills, CA 902111841229010
  2. Ruthann Cunningham, M.D.Beverly Hills, CA 902111427048552
  3. Sharon McBeth, M.D.Beverly Hills, CA 902111699908806
  4. Mark Rubin, MDBeverly Hills, CA 902111760410690
  5. Alan Spira, MDBeverly Hills, CA 902111194726075
  6. Darren Takeuchi, M.D.Beverly Hills, CA 902111982649141
  7. Brian Wilbur, MDBeverly Hills, CA 902111376589333
  8. Medell Briggs-Malonson, M.DBeverly Hills, CA 902101952509135

Common questions

What is Leif E. Lunsford, M.D.'s NPI number?

Leif E. Lunsford, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740236967, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Leif E. Lunsford, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 239 S LA Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211. Phone: (310) 360-0960. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Leif E. Lunsford, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A87825, 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 Leif E. Lunsford, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Leif E. Lunsford, M.D. had 340 Medicare Part D claims for 243 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.