Lauren Branche-James, MD

Primary specialty

Obstetrics & Gynecology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207V00000X

License

MD496559 Issued in PA

Practice address

147 Towne Square Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15227-3259

Phone

(412) 942-1085

Fax

(412) 942-0855

NPI assigned

Mar 31, 2019

Last updated

Oct 6, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• Dr. Lauren Branche Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MD

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Education

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2019

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.25 of 100Reported as group

Quality

83.16

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.6

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: lauren.branche@xdr.hhchealthdirect.org
• Direct secure messaging: lauren.branchejames.p1@direct.cwcare.nextgenshare.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• DHP of Pennsylvania PC

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Salisbury, MD
  • NPI 1427313717
  Medicare reassignment
• Obhg Maryland PC

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Bel Air, MD
  • NPI 1851657894
  Medicare reassignment
• Capital Women's Care, L.L.C.

  dba Frederick OB/GYN Ambulatory Surgery Center

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Frederick, MD
  • NPI 1093766289

  Obstetrics & Gynecology

  NPD
• Capital Women's Care, L.L.C.

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Fulton, MD
  • NPI 1679534069
  NPD
• Johns Hopkins University

  dba Jhu - OB/GYN

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Lutherville, MD
  • NPI 1255315339
  NPD
• Johns Hopkins University

  dba JHU - 4692 Millennium Drive - Physician

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Belcamp, MD
  • NPI 1376342774
  NPD
• Johns Hopkins University

  dba Jhu - Anesthesia Pain MGMT

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1922008549
  NPD
• Maryland Physicians Edge LLC

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Beltsville, MD
  • NPI 1700572518
  NPD
• Maryland Physicians Edge LLC

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Silver Spring, MD
  • NPI 1972922920
  NPD
• Adventist Healthcare, Inc.

  dba Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rockville, MD
  • NPI 1568468221
  NPD (past)
• Frederick Health Hospital Inc

  dba Frederick Health Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Frederick, MD
  • NPI 1538165527
  NPD (past)

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

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}

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• Scott Anthony Brancolini, MD, MPH
• Randall Brand
• Sarah Elizabeth Brand, AUD
• Mark Brandebura

• Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician in Pittsburgh, PA
• Providers in Pittsburgh, PA by specialty
• Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 6, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• 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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