Paul K. Friend, MD
Family Medicine Physician · West Franklin, NH
Paul K. Friend, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in West Franklin, New Hampshire, and NPI 1740250265, issued on Jan 26, 2006. Check the license (New Hampshire 5877, as entered in NPPES) on the New Hampshire Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul K. Friend
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 5877 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 125 S Main St, West Franklin, NH 03235
- Phone
- (603) 934-4259
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (603) 934-1219
- Medicaid ID
- 70001017 NH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040115000885); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Georgetown University School Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 125 S Main St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melissa Hanrahan, MDFamily Medicine Physician1235100223
- Danielle Macdonald, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1720051048
Verify Paul K. Friend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Hampshire Board of Medicine
Search for license 5877Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
187 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone114 claims
- Buprenorphine Hcl40 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $60.83
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, 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
- Concord Hospital-LaconiaLaconia, NH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul K. Friend among 816 family medicine physician records in New Hampshire
Paul K. Friend, MD is one of 816 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New Hampshire. 74% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2003 among the 498 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 62% 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 New Hampshire practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Family Medicine Physician providers in New Hampshire
There are 816 family medicine physician records in New Hampshire.
All 816 in New Hampshire → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Melissa Hanrahan, MDWest Franklin, NH 032351235100223
- Russell Jones, MDFranklin, NH 032351346202876
- Christine Sicard, PA-CFranklin, NH 032351710399399
- Michael Watto, DOFranklin, NH 032351386704039
- Elise Wojcik, DOFranklin, NH 032351609436716
- Christopher Allen, M.D.Epsom, NH 032341962609412
- Leila Hesselson, M.D.Epsom, NH 032341629450473
- Meredith Milligan, MDEpsom, NH 032341356834758
Common questions
What is Paul K. Friend, MD's NPI number?
Paul K. Friend, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740250265, issued on Jan 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul K. Friend, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 125 S Main St, West Franklin, NH, 03235. Phone: (603) 934-4259. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul K. Friend, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Hampshire license number 5877, as entered by the provider. Search the New Hampshire Board of Medicine at https://www.oplc.nh.gov/board-medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Paul K. Friend, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul K. Friend, MD had 187 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paul K. Friend, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.4 of 100. 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.