Dr. David Taplinger, M.D.
Neurology (Neurology Physician)
49 Spring St
Scarborough, ME 04074
Who else practices at this address →
Cumberland County includes primary care (5% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Medical school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School (2011)
- Years since graduation
- 15
- In the NPI registry since
- 2011
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 192
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 2011Medical school: Eastern Virginia Medical School
- 2011Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)
Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Neurology Physician primary
ME license MD21570 - Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME
- Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital Rockport, ME
Medical groups
- Mainehealth (2,633 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 192
- Services billed
- 283
- Patients’ average age
- 65
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | 54 | 53 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | 51 | 46 |
| Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and drowsy | 29 | 29 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | 21 | 21 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | 18 | 17 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | 14 | 14 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.
Medicare prescriptions
| Drug | Prescriptions |
|---|---|
| Levetiracetam Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 210 |
| Lamotrigine Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 204 |
| Briviact (brivaracetam) | 125 |
| Lacosamide Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 122 |
| Lamotrigine Er (lamotrigine) Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 90 |
| Zonisamide Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 78 |
| Xcopri (cenobamate) | 77 |
| Oxcarbazepine Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 67 |
| Divalproex Sodium Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 59 |
| Topiramate Other prescribers in Scarborough, ME | 59 |
Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.
Industry-funded research
Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 1 companies. The companies reported $29,101 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.
- A Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Focal Onset Seizures
AbbVie Inc. · Completed · NCT04244175 - An Open-label Extension Trial of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Focal Onset Seizures
AbbVie Inc.
From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.