Matthew Clayton Friend, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Columbus, OH
Matthew Clayton Friend, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Ohio, and NPI 1538628300, issued on Mar 19, 2019. Check the license (Ohio 34.015192, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Matthew Clayton Friend
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 34.015192 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4335 Alum Creek Dr Ste 200, Columbus, OH 43207
- Phone
- (614) 788-9500
- Enumerated
- Mar 19, 2019
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- 0490404 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220621002027); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio University, College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 2019
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4335 Alum Creek Dr Ste 200
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Verify Matthew Clayton Friend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 34.015192Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,708 Medicare Part D claims for 294 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 63 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium370 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate174 claims
- Gabapentin153 claims
- Omeprazole106 claims
- Lisinopril105 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium93 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: $84.51
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Radius Health, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Ohiohealth CorporationColumbus, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Matthew Clayton Friend among 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio
Matthew Clayton Friend, DO is one of 5,606 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 85% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2005 among the 3,510 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
424 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 424 of the 36,491 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Matthew Clayton Friend, DO's NPI number?
Matthew Clayton Friend, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538628300, issued on Mar 19, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Matthew Clayton Friend, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4335 Alum Creek Dr Ste 200, Columbus, OH, 43207. Phone: (614) 788-9500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Matthew Clayton Friend, DO's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 34.015192, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Matthew Clayton Friend, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Matthew Clayton Friend, DO had 3,708 Medicare Part D claims for 294 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.