Lauren King Friend, MD

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

D0107438 Issued in MD

Practice address

5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637-1443

Phone

(888) 824-0200

NPI assigned

Mar 24, 2020

Last updated

Aug 5, 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 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL

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

Emergency Medicine

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University of ChicagoGroup PAC ID 7719899426, 1,674 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• The University of Chicago Medical Center Hospital, Chicago, IL, CCN 140088

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

97.28 of 100Reported as group

Quality

89.92

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

78.23

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

82.45

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: lfriend140037@direct.luhs.org
• Direct secure messaging: lfriend327244@uchospital.direct-ci.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.

• University of Chicago

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1821048786
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• The University of Chicago Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1033218128
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Loyola University Medical Center

  dba Foster G. McGaw Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Maywood, IL
  • NPI 1376521575
  NPD
• The University of Chicago Medical Center

  dba UCMC Pharmacy Services

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Calumet City, IL
  • NPI 1255895678
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• The University of Chicago Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1508956509
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "6201 GREENLEIGH AVE",
            "city": "MIDDLE RIVER",
            "state": "MD",
            "postal_code": "212202004",
            "telephone_number": "410-933-2704",
            "fax_number": "410-500-4266"
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• Mercedes Frierson
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• Emergency Medicine Physician in Chicago, IL
• Providers in Chicago, IL by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 5, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.