NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Specialist NPI 1477500544 MD
Verify on CMS → Lora Plaskon, MD
Specialist in Issaquah, Washington.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 69,567 in Specialist, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
503
Medicare Part D claims · 229 beneficiaries · Specialist avg: 2K
MIPS score
91.3/100
▲ 8 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$34.23
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Lora Plaskon, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 91.3/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 503 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 91.3/100
- MIPS score · +8 vs avg
- 503
- Part D claims, 2024
- $34.23
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥61st
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Lora Plaskon, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1477500544), first enumerated 05/27/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 503 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 91.3/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$34.23 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Washington statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Lora Plaskon, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: WMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1477500544 · Specialist
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-ABOVE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1477500544
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MEGA 70K Specialist
- MIPS-ABOVE 91.3/100
- RX-LIGHT 503
- BOOK-LIGHT 2,856 in Washington
- PHOTO-FINISH Michael Ditkoff · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Plaskon · this p…
Plaskon · this provider
91.3 MIPS pts
- Yelena Bracchini…
Yelena Bracchini
91.3 MIPS pts
- Michael Ditkoff …
Michael Ditkoff
91.3 MIPS pts
- Carl Mazzara · n…
Carl Mazzara
91.3 MIPS pts
- Deborah Rosin · …
Deborah Rosin
91.3 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Lora Plaskon, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
91 ≥ 61st percentile 61% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Lora Plaskon, MD sits
This provider among specialist peers
Across the 4,261 specialist providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Lora Plaskon, MD writes more Part D claims than 39% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 68% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one specialist peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Lora Plaskon, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about Lora Plaskon, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Specialist
Medicare Part D claims
503 67% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
91.3/100 7.8 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Washington
How Specialist compares to other specialties among Washington providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Lora Plaskon, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Specialist national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 91.3/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1477500544 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Specialist |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 05/27/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
91.3104
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
84.2007
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Lora Plaskon, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
King County Public Hospital District NO 2
Kirkland, WA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Lora Plaskon, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$34
Largest payer
ABBVIE INC.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Washington WMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~34K Washington medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Lora Plaskon, MD. To verify Lora Plaskon, MD's current license status, search the WMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
88
Total board actions, Washington 2023
Across 85 cases
2.59
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Washington statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
31 cases
WMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Washington disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
503
Total Claims
$40K
Total Drug Cost
229
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 846.967
- Total Day Supply
- 19,673
- Generic Drug Cost
- $21K
- Opioid Claims
- 55 (10.9% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 159
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.02
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Lora Plaskon, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Estradiol
Estradiol
136 claims
- Cephalexin
Cephalexin
62 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl 50
Oxycodone Hcl
50 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-T… 42
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
42 claims
- Tolterodine Tartra… 25
Tolterodine Tartrate Er
25 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mon… 23
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro
23 claims
- Myrbetriq 20
Myrbetriq
20 claims
- Methenamine Hippur… 19
Methenamine Hippurate
19 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Estradiol | 136 |
| Cephalexin | 62 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 50 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 42 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate Er Tolterodine Tartrate | 25 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 23 |
| Myrbetriq Mirabegron | 20 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 19 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 19 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Specialist Overview
How Lora Plaskon, MD fits within the Specialist landscape nationally.
69,567
Specialist Providers in US
55
States with Specialist
1,524
Avg Claims per Provider
Lora Plaskon, MD's 503 claims are below the specialty average of 1,524.
Nationwide Specialist peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Plaskon, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (91.3 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Specialist Providers in Washington
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Washington, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Plaskon.
One of 2,856 Specialist providers enrolled in Washington, 5 are shown here.
Ruth Aaronson
MA
Seattle, WA
Patti Abbott
LMP
Seattle, WA
Dr. Khaled Abdel-Rahman
M.D.
Auburn, WA
Joni Abdo
LMP
Seattle, WA
Merry Abeel
Clyde Hill, WA
Compare Specialist nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Lora Plaskon, MD's specialty? ▼
Lora Plaskon, MD specializes in Specialist and practices in Issaquah, Washington. Credentials: MD.
How much does Lora Plaskon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Lora Plaskon, MD wrote 503 Medicare Part D claims totaling $40K in drug costs for 229 beneficiaries.
What is Lora Plaskon, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Lora Plaskon, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 91.3/100 (Quality: 84.2). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Lora Plaskon, MD located? ▼
Lora Plaskon, MD is located at 6520 226TH PL SE, Issaquah, WA, 98027. Phone: (425) 392-8611.
What is Lora Plaskon, MD's NPI number? ▼
Lora Plaskon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477500544, issued on 05/27/2006.
Does Lora Plaskon, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Lora Plaskon, MD had 55 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 10.9%.
How many Specialist providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 69,567 Specialist providers across 55 states in the US. The average Specialist provider writes 1,524 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Lora Plaskon, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Lora Plaskon, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Estradiol, Cephalexin, Oxycodone Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Lora Plaskon, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Lora Plaskon, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 503 Part D claims and 229 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Lora Plaskon, MD's credentials? ▼
Lora Plaskon, MD's NPI is 1477500544 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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