Tamara McBride, MD
Family Medicine Physician · South Lake Tahoe, CA
Tamara McBride, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in South Lake Tahoe, California, and NPI 1730518382, issued on Nov 4, 2013. Check the license (California A135699, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tamara McBride
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A135699 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2170 South Ave, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
- Phone
- (530) 541-3420
- Enumerated
- Nov 4, 2013
- Record last updated
- Aug 16, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (530) 542-0382
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161013002036); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arizona College Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tamara McBride in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A135699Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
99 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
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): 93.7 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).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Barton Healthcare SystemSouth Lake Tahoe, CA
- Barton Medical FoundationSouth Lake Tahoe, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tamara McBride among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Tamara McBride, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 family medicine physician records list a practice address in South Lake Tahoe
They are 18 of the 568 NPPES records with a practice address in South Lake Tahoe, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Tamara McBride, MD's NPI number?
Tamara McBride, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730518382, issued on Nov 4, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tamara McBride, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2170 South Ave, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150. Phone: (530) 541-3420. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tamara McBride, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A135699, 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 Tamara McBride, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tamara McBride, MD had 99 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tamara McBride, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.7 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.