Liza Gail Schaffner, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Wilmington, NC
Liza Gail Schaffner, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1861401531, issued on Aug 5, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2014-02273, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Liza Gail Schaffner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 2014-02273 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5808 Perennial LN, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (304) 677-4845
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 6, 2022
- Medicaid IDs
- 2848940 OH
3810006505 WV - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221202002871); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Liza Gail Schaffner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2014-02273Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
107 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluvoxamine Maleate17 claims
- Lithium Carbonate Er13 claims
- Clozapine12 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: $435.66
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Rha Health Services IncWilmington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Liza Gail Schaffner among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
Liza Gail Schaffner, MD is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 69% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2006 among the 744 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,725 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wilmington → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Thomas Boeker, MDWilmington, NC 284031356347140
- Walter Dietzgen, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031548369994
- Charlotte Fawcett, DOWilmington, NC 284031649807173
- Linda Francis, MDWilmington, NC 284031891869038
- Christopher Fritzsche, MDWilmington, NC 284031700048410
- Brett Gurkin, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031053355719
- William Koff, MDWilmington, NC 284031912922568
- Kernan Manion, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031740223015
Common questions
What is Liza Gail Schaffner, MD's NPI number?
Liza Gail Schaffner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861401531, issued on Aug 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Liza Gail Schaffner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5808 Perennial LN, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (304) 677-4845. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Liza Gail Schaffner, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2014-02273, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Liza Gail Schaffner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Liza Gail Schaffner, MD had 107 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.