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Donald Townsend

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Specializes in: Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology and Hematology (Blood Disorders)

20 Medical Park Drive Suite B
Asheville, NC 28803

(828) 254-8232

Donald Townsend is a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC specializing in medical oncology, adult oncology and hematology (blood disorders).

Office Locations

136 Sparks Drive
Forest City, NC 28043

(828) 286-9036

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20 Medical Park Drive Suite B
Asheville, NC 28803

(828) 254-8232

(828) 253-4470

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Donald Townsend in 2023

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inpatient care

In 2012, Donald Townsend had a list price for inpatient care that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of providers in related specialties within North Carolina. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2012 were lab tests, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

biological response modifier (BRM) therapy	47
blood draw	801
chemotherapy	47
doctor visit	1043
hospital care	268
inpatient care	268
lab tests	2939
minimally invasive procedures	126

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2013 were lab tests, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

blood draw	837
doctor visit	1073
hospital care	138
inpatient care	138
lab tests	3122

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	172
Female	243

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	331
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	181
From 75 to 84	137
85 and over	47
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2013

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	31
Dementia	10
Cancer	49

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2014 were lab tests, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

blood draw	1218
doctor visit	1506
hospital care	217
inpatient care	217
lab tests	3972

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	177
Female	258

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	360
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	138
85 and over	48
Less than 65	51

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2014

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	29
Dementia	10
Cancer	49

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2015 were lab tests, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

blood draw	608
doctor visit	1017
hospital care	119
inpatient care	119
lab tests	1365

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	334
Female	428

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	584
Black	152
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	334
From 75 to 84	240
85 and over	88
Less than 65	100

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2015

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	29
Dementia	10
Cancer	48

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2016 were lab tests, blood draw, chemotherapy and biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

biological response modifier (BRM) therapy	43
blood draw	131
chemotherapy	43
doctor visit	482
lab tests	389
minimally invasive procedures	43

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	145
Female	190

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	264
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	137
From 75 to 84	99
85 and over	40
Less than 65	59

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2016

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	37
Dementia	12
Cancer	46

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2017 were lab tests, chemotherapy, biological response modifier (BRM) therapy and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

biological response modifier (BRM) therapy	21
chemotherapy	21
doctor visit	137
lab tests	83
minimally invasive procedures	21

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	81

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	107
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	45
From 75 to 84	38
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2017

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	45
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	36
Dementia	13
Cancer	34

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC during 2021 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

hospital care	55
inpatient care	55

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	31
Female	32

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	50
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	33
Diabetes	46
Dementia	17
Cancer	33

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	16

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	11
Female	15

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	26
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	12
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Donald Townsend for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Donald Townsend treated as a medical oncologist in Forest City, NC were lab tests, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

biological response modifier (BRM) therapy	37
blood draw	719
chemotherapy	37
doctor visit	753
hospital care	159
inpatient care	159
lab tests	1978
minimally invasive procedures	63

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend.

**Gender**
Male	102
Female	138

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	16
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	191
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	74
85 and over	24
Less than 65	28
65 to 74	103

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Donald Townsend treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and cancer.

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	23
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Dementia	8
Cancer	28

Education & Training

He has a state license in North Carolina.

Licensed In: North Carolina

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Donald Townsend. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$845 TASIGNA $159	ZYKADIA $140	VOTRIENT RCC $103	TAFINLAR $98	VOTRIENT - SARCOMA $84	Other $262
Genentech USA, Inc.	$498 Avastin $170	Kadcyla $102	TARCEVA $73	Perjeta $52	TECENTRIQ $32	Other $69
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	$432 SPRYCEL $139	OPDIVO $109	ERBITUX $69	EMPLICITI $44	YERVOY $27	Other $44
Amgen Inc.	$314 XGEVA $206	Vectibix $61	Kyprolis $37	$11
Janssen Biotech, Inc.	$290 IMBRUVICA $165	DOXIL $36	PROCRIT $32	DARZALEX $28	ZYTIGA $17	Other $12
Other	$1,891 Gilotrif $153	Star $112	FARESTON $86	IMBRUVICA $85	QUVIVIQ $73	Other $1,383

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$4,177
Education	$95

Research Payments

Donald Townsend has received 89 research payments totaling $156,494.

Biography

Dr. Donald Townsend's areas of specialization are adult oncology, medical oncology, and hematology (blood disorders); he sees patients in Asheville, NC and Forest City, NC. Dr. Townsend has obtained a license to practice in North Carolina.

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2016

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2020

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2021

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend in 2022

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Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Donald Townsend From 2012 - 2022

Education & Training

Ratings & Reviews

General Payments

Research Payments

Biography

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