Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP
Family Medicine Physician · Denver, CO
Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Denver, Colorado, and NPI 1679035968, issued on Apr 4, 2019. Check the license (Colorado DR.0069020, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Megan Jo Townsend
- Credential
- MD/MPP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- DR.0069020 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4500 E 9TH Ave Ste 320, Denver, CO 80220
- Phone
- (303) 332-0212
- Enumerated
- Apr 4, 2019
- Record last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220705000323); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Harvard Medical School, 2019
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Megan Jo Townsend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0069020Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,023 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium77 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium70 claims
- Lisinopril50 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate38 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium28 claims
- Losartan Potassium27 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): 91.1 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $62.03
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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
- Optumcare Colorado Medical Group LLCDenver, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Megan Jo Townsend among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% 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 87% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 87% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2008 among the 2,077 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
457 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Denver
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Common questions
What is Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP's NPI number?
Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679035968, issued on Apr 4, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4500 E 9TH Ave Ste 320, Denver, CO, 80220. Phone: (303) 332-0212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0069020, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP had 1,023 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Megan Jo Townsend, MD/MPP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.1 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.