NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Toms River, NJ

Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Toms River, New Jersey, and NPI 1861448540, issued on May 25, 2006. Check the license (New Jersey 25MA07701800, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1861448540
Name
Valerie Gail McLaughlin
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
25MA07701800 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
970 Hooper Ave # 2, Toms River, NJ 08753
Phone
(732) 228-4146
Enumerated
May 25, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 5, 2022
Fax
(732) 504-7104
Medicaid ID
0048445 NJ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040913000288); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2001
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 970 Hooper Ave # 2

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jennie Boyle, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1831592583
  2. Leigh Buenvenida, APNNurse Practitioner1528570314
  3. Bhaskara Changala, NPNurse Practitioner1699289983
  4. Laurence Desrochers, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1861437295
  5. Natalie Frey, PAMedical Physician Assistant1518527019
  6. Elizabeth Godfrey, PA-CPhysician Assistant1366106031

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

499 Medicare Part D claims for 362 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Valerie McLaughlin499
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa57 claims
  2. Methylprednisolone50 claims
  3. Doxycycline Monohydrate46 claims
  4. Azithromycin42 claims
  5. Prednisone41 claims
  6. Cephalexin38 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $47.72

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Valerie McLaughlin$47.72
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

  1. Summit Medical Group PABerkeley Heights, NJ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Valerie Gail McLaughlin among 1,754 emergency medicine physician records in New Jersey

Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD is one of 1,754 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated2001 · median 2011 among the 1,167 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 55% 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 New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

44 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Toms River

They are 44 of the 2,671 NPPES records with a practice address in Toms River, and 1,754 emergency medicine physician records in New Jersey.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Laurence Desrochers, MDToms River, NJ 087531861437295
  2. Jacob Meredith, MDToms River, NJ 087531275578122
  3. John Minetti, MDToms River, NJ 087531720026065
  4. Vicente Rodriguez, M.D.Toms River, NJ 087531912978602
  5. Michael RuggieroToms River, NJ 087531053367136
  6. Mohammed El Kharboutly, MDToms River, NJ 087551134165137
  7. Thomas FowlieToms River, NJ 087551770528168
  8. Thomas Giles, MDToms River, NJ 087551366470767

Common questions

What is Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD's NPI number?

Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861448540, issued on May 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 970 Hooper Ave # 2, Toms River, NJ, 08753. Phone: (732) 228-4146. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD's license?

NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MA07701800, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Valerie Gail McLaughlin, MD had 499 Medicare Part D claims for 362 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

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.