Tina Forthun Edwards, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Oceanside, CA
Tina Forthun Edwards, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Oceanside, California, and NPI 1932173713, issued on Feb 16, 2006. Check the license (California A93271, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tina Forthun Edwards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A93271 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2125 S EL Camino Real Ste 200, Oceanside, CA 92054
- Phone
- (760) 425-4466
- Enumerated
- Feb 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131021000780); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School Of Med, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2125 S EL Camino Real Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Martha Vargas-Rico, LCSWSocial Worker1184820474
Verify Tina Forthun Edwards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A93271Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
196 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Naproxen26 claims
- Cephalexin19 claims
- Ondansetron Odt15 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate12 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium11 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): 100 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern Inyo Healthcare DistrictLone Pine, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tina Forthun Edwards among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Tina Forthun Edwards, MD is one of 7,751 emergency 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
50 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Oceanside
They are 50 of the 3,438 NPPES records with a practice address in Oceanside, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Tina Forthun Edwards, MD's NPI number?
Tina Forthun Edwards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932173713, issued on Feb 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tina Forthun Edwards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2125 S EL Camino Real Ste 200, Oceanside, CA, 92054. Phone: (760) 425-4466. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tina Forthun Edwards, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A93271, 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 Tina Forthun Edwards, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tina Forthun Edwards, MD had 196 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tina Forthun Edwards, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.