Mark Harold Townsend, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Austin, TX
Mark Harold Townsend, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1497778351, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (Texas U0673, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mark Harold Townsend
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- U0673 TX
020094 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1601 Trinity St, Austin, TX 78712
- Phone
- (833) 882-2737
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 25, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221121000069); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mark Harold Townsend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U0673Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
280 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate30 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate29 claims
- Sertraline Hcl19 claims
- Clonazepam17 claims
- Bupropion Xl14 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine13 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 71.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Vivent Health IncAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mark Harold Townsend among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Mark Harold Townsend, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% 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, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
343 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Austin
They are 343 of the 26,585 NPPES records with a practice address in Austin, and 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Mark Harold Townsend, MD's NPI number?
Mark Harold Townsend, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497778351, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mark Harold Townsend, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1601 Trinity St, Austin, TX, 78712. Phone: (833) 882-2737. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mark Harold Townsend, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U0673, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Mark Harold Townsend, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mark Harold Townsend, MD had 280 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mark Harold Townsend, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 71.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.