Forward Focus Medical Care LLC

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

Legal business name

FORWARD FOCUS MEDICAL CARE LLC

Practice address

990 S Waukegan Rd Ste 200
Lake Forest, IL 60045-2654

Phone

(847) 234-8100

Fax

(847) 234-8199

NPI assigned

Oct 24, 2006

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Dr. Gary Edward Schaffel, M.D.NPI 1336123884

Title

Chief Executive Officer

Phone

(847) 234-8100

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL

Enrollment records 1

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Locations

Practitioners 10

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• Gary Edward Schaffel, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lake Forest, IL
  • NPI 1336123884
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD Authorized official
• Sharon D. Berliant, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Skokie, IL
  • NPI 1982672549
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Alina Elperin, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Highland Park, IL
  • NPI 1477831931
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Daniel J. Goldstein, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Northfield, IL
  • NPI 1265401335
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Michael Kraft, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Grayslake, IL
  • NPI 1144725987
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Steven Matthew Lasin, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lake Forest, IL
  • NPI 1477574945
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lane Anne Phillips, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Northfield, IL
  • NPI 1083145940
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Steven H Wolfman, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Northfield, IL
  • NPI 1184763542
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Smriti Goel, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Highland Park, IL
  • NPI 1972559516
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Marissa Jane Versalle, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lake Forest, IL
  • NPI 1669891107
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1768176000000",
    "number": "1245314616",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "990 S WAUKEGAN RD STE 200",
            "city": "LAKE FOREST",
            "state": "IL",
            "postal_code": "600452654",
            "telephone_number": "847-234-8100",
            "fax_number": "847-234-8199"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "990 S WAUKEGAN RD STE 200",
            "city": "LAKE FOREST",
            "state": "IL",
            "postal_code": "600452654",
            "telephone_number": "847-234-8100",
            "fax_number": "847-234-8199"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "FORWARD FOCUS MEDICAL CARE LLC",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-10-24",
        "last_updated": "2026-01-12",
        "certification_date": "2026-01-12",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "SCHAFFEL",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "GARY",
        "authorized_official_middle_name": "EDWARD",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "847-234-8100",
        "authorized_official_name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "authorized_official_credential": "M.D."
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207R00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY  GROUP",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine",
            "state": "IL",
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
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}

• James F. Fondriest, D.D.S.
• Jhan Carlo Fontanilla, DPT
• Forest Foot Surgery
• Forest Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
• Kelly Kathleen Forster Ivy, CNM, WHNP-BC
• Avram Yehuda Fraint, M.D
• Franklin Eye Care, LLC
• Shaffer Roan Franklin, LPC
• Alan Freint, M.D.
• Brittany French

• Internal Medicine Physician in Lake Forest, IL
• Providers in Lake Forest, IL by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 12, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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