Paul Lawrence Smith, MD
Dermatology Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Paul Lawrence Smith, MD is a dermatology physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1063480473, issued on Mar 10, 2006. Check the license (California A21571, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Lawrence Smith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
- License number
- A21571 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2001 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Phone
- (310) 829-4484
- Enumerated
- Mar 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 4, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 829-4481
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040401001371); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine, 1965
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Lawrence Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A21571Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dermatology physician in 2024
672 Medicare Part D claims for 254 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide98 claims
- Mupirocin78 claims
- Mometasone Furoate51 claims
- Fluocinonide43 claims
- Econazole Nitrate42 claims
- Valacyclovir35 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $776.70
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 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.
Paul Lawrence Smith among 2,083 dermatology physician records in California
Paul Lawrence Smith, MD is one of 2,083 dermatology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1965 · median 2006 among the 1,450 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 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 207N00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Dermatology Physician providers in California
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- Gregory Colman, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041003884925
- Delphine Lee, MD, PHDSanta Monica, CA 904041710911284
- Billie Phelps, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041609949718
- Lauren Reager, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041316915267
- Parrish Sadeghi, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041275567927
Common questions
What is Paul Lawrence Smith, MD's NPI number?
Paul Lawrence Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063480473, issued on Mar 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Lawrence Smith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2001 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 829-4484. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Lawrence Smith, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A21571, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Paul Lawrence Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Lawrence Smith, MD had 672 Medicare Part D claims for 254 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paul Lawrence Smith, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.