Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D
Family Medicine Physician · Lafayette, LA
Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lafayette, Louisiana, and NPI 1073821567, issued on Sep 17, 2010. Check the license (Louisiana 312969, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ashanti Elena Smith
- Credential
- M.D., PHARM.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 312969 LA
018294 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2390 W Congress St, Lafayette, LA 70506
- Phone
- (337) 261-6000
- Enumerated
- Sep 17, 2010
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190919002822); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ashanti Elena Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 312969Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
32 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $139.88
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mylan Specialty L.P. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Lsuhn Billing LLCLafayette, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ashanti Elena Smith among 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana
Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D is one of 1,728 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 61% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2006 among the 1,201 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
86 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lafayette
They are 86 of the 5,181 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D's NPI number?
Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073821567, issued on Sep 17, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2390 W Congress St, Lafayette, LA, 70506. Phone: (337) 261-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 312969, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ashanti Elena Smith, M.D., PHARM.D had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.